Hint: There’s A Reason It Doesn’t Happen Often
Federal Prison Tips specializes in post conviction work. We have 11 staff members and three paralegals. Our work speaks for itself – our testimonial videos are everywhere, and you have probably come across a few.
But we, most other post-conviction firms, and even law firms shy away from suing the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) because it’s really, really hard to win.
How hard?
Well, just recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denied Rolando Munez, a former inmate at FCI Fairton, who lost his toe due to diabetes. He claims this was a result of negligence from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
According to Munez, the federal prison at Fairton changed his diabetes medication, and then took him off the medication after one blood test. This cascaded into a chain of events that led to the amputation.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that administrative remedies within the prison were sufficient to correct the situation, and they would not get involved.
But, it gets worse. Correctionsone.com, one of the leaders in correctional news, reports that only three such BIvens motions have ever been granted. Many people want to sue the BOP, but they have such an enormous amount of latitude it makes winning next to impossible.
When you’re incarcerated, it’s hard to find the sympathy you would need from a judge for something that would otherwise be common sense for a plaintiff in the free world.
FederalPrisonTips.com is always happy to look at your case, and we’re not afraid to challenge the BOP. But the likelihood of seeing an actual win is very, very slim – it would be irresponsible of anyone to tell you anything else. It is also very costly.