9th Circuit Upholds Judgment For Tribal School Officials On Teacher’s Claims

(August 26, 2019, 8:31 AM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A teacher at an Indian high school in Arizona cannot pursue federal civil rights claims against two school officials because they are not “federal actors” for liability purposes under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided Aug. 20 (Miles Beam v. Alban Naha, et al., No. 18-15968, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 24787)....