Case law

Russell E. Adkins, M.D. v. Arthur P. Christie

488 F.3d 1324 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jun 12, 2007

In May 2004, Defendants sought dismissal of Adkins’ complaint for failure to state a claim on qualified immunity grounds. … The district court converted this motion into one for summary judgment and initially allowed discovery on issues relating to qualified immunity only.

Howard v. Slicker, Jr. v. Jackson

215 F.3d 1225 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jun 21, 2000

The district court did not err in finding that the officers were not entitled to qualified immunity. … “Qualified immunity protects from civil liability government officials who perform discretionary functions if the conduct of the officials does not violate ‘clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which

Lewis Martin Moton, Jr. v. K. Walker

545 F. App'x 856 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Nov 5, 2013

“Qualified immunity protects government officials performing discretionary functions from suits in their individual capacities unless their conduct violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which … Because Moton’s clearly established rights under the Fourth Amendment were not violated, Walker is entitled to qualified immunity on Moton’s Fourth Amendment claim.

Timothy Clark v. City of Atlanta, Georgia

544 F. App'x 848 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Nov 15, 2013

clearly established at the time of the violation. … Because we find no constitutional violation, we need not reach the clearly established prong of the qualified immunity analysis.

Woody v. St. Clair County Commission

885 F.2d 1557 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Oct 17, 1989

Woody did not clearly establish that her objective qualifications and skills were not a legitimate factor in Wyatt’s employment decisions. … The district court was not clearly erroneous in its determination. 1 CONCLUSION The district court did not rule on whether the appellant established a prima facie case.

Ronald Jay v. Joshua Ken Hendershott

579 F. App'x 948 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Sep 17, 2014

Because we disagree that the law on this issue was clearly established, we reverse the district court’s denial of qualified immunity. … “A motion to dismiss a complaint on qualified immunity grounds will be granted if the ‘complaint fails to allege the violation of a clearly established constitutional right.’” Griffin Indus., Inc. v.

Joseph Heid v. Mark Rutkoski

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jul 10, 2025

On appeal, they contend that the District Court erred in denying them qualified immunity because Heid failed to show they violated a constitutional right or that any such right was clearly established … the Court determines there is a genuine factual dispute as to whether Best and Rutkoski unconstitutionally subjected [Heid] to excessive force in violation of clearly established law.”

Steven Ray Franks, Pamela S. Franks v. J.A. Bolden, Davis G. Nye, Paul Townsel, John Butler, Ernie Ball, and Jerry Campbell

774 F.2d 1552 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Nov 4, 1985

The acts in question here were clearly operational in nature; 3 indeed, the defendants do not even claim that any real policy considerations were implicated. … Because the defendants do not raise the issue on appeal, we do not decide whether Franks established the existence of the first factor — existence of legal duty — with respect to all six defendants.

John Daniel Blue v. Maria Deguadalupe Lopez

901 F.3d 1352 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Aug 28, 2018

, and her conduct did not violate Blue’s clearly established rights. … probable cause from the facts of the case and that she was entitled to qualified immunity.

United States v. Dynalectric Company Paxson Electric Company G.W. Walther Ewalt Wesley C. Paxson, Sr.

859 F.2d 1559 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Nov 21, 1988

In Hampton , it was undisputed that the defendant’s immunized testimony contained information about “several important matters and details” useful in the investigation for which no independent sources were established. … To establish legitimate independent sources, the government had to show that all evidence presented to the grand jury and at trial either was in the possession of the government prior to Paxson’s immunized grand jury appearance

Luis P. Rodriguez v. Richard Burdick

669 F. App'x 519 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Sep 22, 2016

2  Case: 15-13042 Date Filed: 09/22/2016 Page: 3 of 4 qualified immunity on all claims in Count VIII. … I respectfully dissent as to the conclusion that Defendant Wolf is not also entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law.

Marine Coatings of Alabama v. United States

71 F.3d 1558 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jan 8, 1996

We intimate no opinion as to other claims, and do not suggest that all or any of the causes of action in this very suit would or would not qualify under the Public Vessels Act. … Such an action clearly does not fall within the terms of the Public Vessels Act.

Jimmie Burden, Jr. v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center

24 F.3d 1298 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jun 15, 1994

Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 , 100 S.Ct. 1708 , 64 L.Ed.2d 333 (1980). 11 To establish a Sixth Amendment claim, a criminal defendant “must establish that an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his lawyer’s performance … As a result, Kondritzer’s pretrial representation of Burden was clearly compromised. The facts of this case are strikingly similar to those in Ruffin v.

Janie Ingalls v. U.S. Space and Rocket Center

679 F. App'x 935 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Feb 16, 2017

II “A motion to dismiss a complaint on qualified immunity grounds will be granted if the complaint fails to allege the violation of a clearly established 6 … “In this circuit, the case law can be ‘clearly established’ for qualified immunity only by decisions of the U.S.

Berry Benson v. Felicia Rutledge

479 F. App'x 315 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jul 9, 2012

There is little question that clearly established law provided Rutledge fair warning that this conduct violated the Constitution. … plaintiff, shows there are facts that are inconsistent with qualified immunity being granted, the case and the qualified immunity issue along with it [should] proceed to trial.”

Star Hart v. Benjamin Logan

664 F. App'x 857 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Nov 22, 2016

We hold, however, that Officer Logan is entitled to qualified immunity because the plaintiff has not demonstrated that Officer Logan violated any clearly established constitutional rights. … CONCLUSION State officials sued for federal constitutional violations are entitled to qualified immunity for their discretionary actions, unless their actions violate rights clearly established in the law.

Tom Shullaw v. Grant McMullen

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Mar 5, 2026

The qualified-immunity inquiry “turns on the objective legal rea- sonableness of the action, assessed in light of the legal rules that were clearly established at the time it was taken.” Pearson v. … Nonetheless, we cannot say that this conduct violates clearly established law. “We have emphasized that fair and clear notice to government officials is the cornerstone of qualified immunity.”

Cassius Walker v. City of Riviera Beach

212 F. App'x 835 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Dec 22, 2006

-- shows that Officer Patterson violated Walker’s clearly established Fourth Amendment rights. … We also conclude that the violation was clearly established at the time.

Lorraine A. Thrower v. Joel Ziegler

514 F. App'x 941 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Mar 28, 2013

(2) this right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation.” … Thus, Ziegler and Hamrick’s action did not violate any clearly established rights.

Christopher Uriah Alsobrook v. Sergeant E. Medina

477 F. App'x 710 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jun 12, 2012

. § 1983 complaint based on qualified immunity. … Qualified immunity protects government officials when performing a discretionary function unless the conduct violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights that would be known to a reasonable person.