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SCOTUS decision prompts 10th Circuit to toss prisoner’s lawsuit over alleged assault by guard
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Following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision closing the door on lawsuits for various violations of constitutional rights, the federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed an inmate may not sue a federal prison guard for allegedly assaulting him in his cell. Anderson Coutinho Silva, who is incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary — Administrative Maximum Facility…


