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It determines whether specific statutes block these legal remedies."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 41-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 41-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 39-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 39-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 13-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 13-13"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 17-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 17-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 10, lines 45-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 10, lines 45-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 15-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 15-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 21-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 21-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 7-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 7-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 11-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 11-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 35-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 35-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 5-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 5-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 39-43","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 39-43"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 27-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 27-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 45-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 45-45"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 41-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 41-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 43-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 43-49"}]}],"slug":"2009-08-1529-hui-v-castaneda","term":"2009","title":"Does Section 233 bar Bivens claims against Public Health Service officers?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 14, lines 41-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 14, lines 41-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 39-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 39-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 13-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2009/08-1529.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 13-13"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}