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hospital
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hospital
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motion
dismiss
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judgment
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acting
solicitor
general
roberts
assistant
attorney
general
gerson
deputy
solicitor
general
shapiro
barbara
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arthur
spitzer
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brief
american
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rehnquist
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immunity
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state
claim
violation
rights
secured
constitution
petitioner
frederick
siegert
clinical
psychologist
employed
elizabeths
hospital
federal
government
facility
washington
november
october
behavior
therapy
coordinator
specializing
work
mentally
retarded
children
lesser
extent
adults
january
respondent
melvin
gilley
became
head
division
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preparing
terminate
employment
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informed
proposed
removal
based
upon
inability
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hospital
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reputation
following
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psychologist
army
hospital
bremerhaven
west
germany
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operated
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signed
credential
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request
form
asking
elizabeths
hospital
provide
prospective
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colonel
william
smith
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cert
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hospital
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returned
bremerhaven
given
provisional
credentials
limited
work
adults
siegert
filed
administrative
appeals
office
surgeon
general
obtain
full
credentials
december
surgeon
general
denied
siegert
claims
soon
thereafter
federal
service
employment
terminated
upon
learning
gilley
letter
november
siegert
filed
suit
district
district
columbia
alleging
gilley
letter
caused
lose
post
psychologist
bremerhaven
army
hospital
rendered
unable
obtain
appropriate
employment
field
relying
bivens
six
unknown
fed
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agents
siegert
sought
million
damages
gilley
contending
maliciously
bad
faith
publishing
defamatory
per
se
statement
knew
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whether
true
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caused
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interests
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due
process
clause
fifth
amendment
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siegert
also
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motion
dismiss
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