Ashcroft v. Iqbal

Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

Triestman v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

Holding that the discretionary function doctrine does not shield a "BOP employee's failure to perform a diligent inspection out of laziness, hastiness, or inattentiveness"

United States v. Gaubert

Holding that the discretionary function exception only protects actions “grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime”

Berkovitz v. United States

Holding that there is no choice to be protected by the discretionary function exception when a "federal statute, regulation, or policy specifically prescribes a course of action for an employee to follow"

ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.

Holding that because "a plaintiff must show . . . a primary violation by the controlled person" in order to "establish a prima facie case of control[-]person liability," a plaintiff who "fails to allege any primary violation . . . cannot establish control[-]person liability"

Boykin v. Keycorp

Holding that when a plaintiff proceeds pro se, the district court "is obliged to construe his pleadings liberally" and noting that "the dismissal of a pro se claim as insufficiently pleaded is appropriate only in the most unsustainable of cases."

Morton v. Ruiz

Holding that “[t]he power of an administrative agency to administer a congressionally created and funded program necessarily requires the formulation of policy and the making of rules to fill any gap left, implicitly or explicitly, by Congress” but noting that “[n]o matter how rational or consistent with congressional intent a particular decision might be, [such decision] cannot be made on an ad hoc basis ...”

Accardi v. Shaughnessy

Holding that Board of Immigration Appeals was required to follow its own regulations in deciding whether to suspend deportation

Zappia Middle East Construction Co. v. Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Finding that the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank was not an alter ego of Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Gotha v. U.S.

Holding that an employee of an independent contractor could bring a suit under the FTCA based on the government's allegedly negligent failure to provide safe access to an office trailer on a naval base

Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Section 1346 - United States as defendant

Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"

Section 2671 - Definitions

Defining "[e]mployee of the government" for purposes of the FTCA as "officers or employees of any federal agency "

Section 2680 - Exceptions

Concluding that claims for injurious falsehoods, disparagement of property, slander of goods, or trade libel are claims arising out of libel or slander under the FTCA

Section 1357 - Powers of immigration officers and employees

Granting immigration enforcement authority to state or local government officials in a formal agreement with a state or local government.

Section 4103 - Establishment of training programs

Section 4118 - Regulations

Section 287.3 - Disposition of cases of aliens arrested without warrant

Requiring that an alien arrested without a warrant and placed in formal proceedings be apprised of the reason for his arrest, his right to representation, and that any statement he makes may be used against him in a subsequent proceeding

Section 287.8 - Standards for enforcement activities

Limiting use of deadly force

Section 287.1 - Definitions

Defining “reasonable distance” to mean 100 miles

Section 287.5 - Exercise of power by immigration officers

Defining the training