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Noah Smith-Drelich @nsmithdrelich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I just posted @ssrn.bsky.social: Is Bivens Dead?, 61 Ga. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2027), papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... I look at every decision nationally that cites Bivens between June 2022 and June 2025 (4,808 in total) to see how courts are deciding Bivens actions after Egbert v. Boule. 1/10

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Is Bivens Dead?

For much of its fifty-year existence, Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics has served as a tenuous counterpart to Section 1983, pro

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James Stone @jdssound.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Delighted to share my latest article, "The Jailhouse Bar." It's about how prisons regulate jailhouse lawyers, and the bar's surprising response. It's headed to @stanlrev.bsky.social in 2027 and will be my job talk paper this fall. Here's a recent draft: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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James Stone @jdssound.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

So excited to share that my newest article is now out in @yalelawjournal.bsky.social. It is a deep dive into how difficult it is to evidence civil claims while litigating from prison, and courts' roles in both perpetuating and resolving the problem: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

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