# US Supreme Court weighs whether inmates can sue federal officials

- By: Newsline Post Newsroom
- 2026-11-09T22:11:43.000Z

## Excerpt

The US Supreme Court has set November 9 for oral argument in Nielsen v. Watanabe: whether a federal inmate in Hawaii can seek damages from a prison medical staffer over his care. The ruling will come later and could affect when federal officials can be sued.

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