Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: damages against federal agency, this Court's decisions would not support the exercisc of that authority here In Bivens this Court held thit an individual who can dem- onstrate an injury as the conscquence of a violation tO his Fourth Amendment rights by a federal cmployee bring suit for money damages against that employee. implying privato right of action directly from the Con- stitution in favor of an injured plaintiff. the Court per- mitted the action be brought against the federal em- ployee whose constitutional violation caused the injury but not against the governnient itself. 45 the Court noted there were no "special factors counselling hesitation' implying causc of action against the individual ployce 403 U.S. a 396 Several factors do counsel hesi- tation in the very difTerent conte ...