Nurse Quarantined During Ebola Panic Sues Chris Christie

Hickox, 34, was working with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone during last year's Ebola outbreak, which killed thousands of people.

"The decision to quarantine anyone must be made based on science, not fear and politics", said Udi Ofer, executive director of the ACLU of New Jersey, in a statement.

It seeks compensatory and punitive damages in the amount of at least $250,000 in addition to covering court costs and attorney fees.

Ebola is spreads through direct contact with body fluids or through exposure to objects contaminated with the virus, such as needles. Hickox revealed on Thursday that she is suing Christie, along with several current and former New Jersey health officials, for violating her constitutional rights.

After her New Jersey quarantine, Hickox rose to fame previous year when she ignored requests from Maine Gov. Paul LePage and other state officials to remain in her Fort Kent home.

In conditionally vetoing the original bill, the governor said he did not want to take a piecemeal approach to gun violence and mental illness. "There seemed to be no coordination among the persons who interviewed her".

Hickox, a Maine resident at the time, said she was questioned in Newark by numerous people including a man who spoke to her "aggressively as if she were a criminal and was wearing a weapon belt".

While being held, she showed no symptoms of Ebola, and threatened legal action with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union.

A judge later gave her permission to go wherever she pleased as long as she continued daily health monitoring.

New Jersey's plunge into economic development subsidies since 2010 has come under attack by groups that say the program is ineffective and reduces critical tax revenue.

Hickox threatened a suit against Christie shortly after the incident. And 52 times the Democrats have tried to override me and they're 0 for 52. "Because I know how to keep my Republican caucus together on what we need to do", Christie said during an appearance last month on MSNBC's "Morning Joe".

The Senate voted 27-12, with three Republicans joining all the Democrats, on a bill that requires prospective gun-buyers to notify law enforcement if they seek to expunge mental health records. "That's what happened in the Senate, and I look forward to it happening soon in the Assembly", Prieto said in a statement.

Hickox's experience became a cause celebre among other health care workers, and her case sparked national debate about how to handle people exposed to Ebola.