Case law

William Payton v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rick Freeman, Anthony Murray and William Blair

184 F.3d 623 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 1, 1999

did not “violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known” when he or she acted. … employed building inspector could not invoke qualified immunity).

Willie Rogers v. Nicholas Byroad

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 27, 2025

Allowing review of such or- ders is consistent with the goal of sparing a public official from the burden of defending a suit and standing trial when the right he is accused of violating was not clearly established at the … - ants were entitled to qualified immunity.

Phelan, Laura v. Village Lyons IL

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 27, 2008

Second, we ask whether the right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation. Saucier, 533 U.S. at 201; Boyd, 481 F.3d at 526. … Phelan construes this argument as an attempt by Officer Dyas to append a “third prong” to the qualified immunity inquiry: namely, whether the officer’s actions were reasonable even if they violated clearly established law

Richard Paul Greenberg v. Thomas Kmetko and Bruce Weflen, Richard Paul Greenberg, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. Thomas Kmetko and Bruce Weflen, Defendants-Cross-Appellees

840 F.2d 467 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 9, 1988

home unless the searching officers have probable cause and there are exigent circumstances," Anderson, 107 S.Ct. at 3038 --was clearly established. 21 Anderson filed a petition for certiorari on the qualified immunity issue … On remand, the district court was to permit Anderson to argue that the law was not clearly established as to the facts of his particular situation. 24 In this case, the district court's analysis of the qualified immunity

Mitch Rooni v. Brad Biser

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 4, 2014

No. 13‐1511  at  issue  was  clearly  established  at  the  time  of  the  viola‐ tion.”Stainback v.  …   the  handcuffs  were  applied  was  clearly  established. 

Gerald Dix v. Edelman Financial Services

978 F.3d 507 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 19, 2020

The Officers Are Entitled to Qualified Immunity. And so we come to the final issue of qualified immunity. … “Public officials are immune from suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 unless they have ‘violated a statutory or constitutional right that was clearly established at the time of the challenged con- duct.’”

Virgil Jones v. Ronald Watson, J. Volland, and W. Stec

106 F.3d 774 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 10, 1997

Winston, 36 F.3d 548 , 555 & n. 7 (7th Cir.1994), certiorari denied, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 2576 , 132 L.Ed.2d 827 (1995). 7 *778 Qualified Immunity The doctrine of qualified immunity shields public officials performing discretionary … arrest] to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the arresting officers possessed.’ ” Hunter v.

Jeffrey O'Neal Marshall, a Minor by His Guardian Ad Litem Paul J. Gossens v. Daniel Teske, Alfonzo Morales, and David Kolatski

284 F.3d 765 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 27, 2002

The officers also argue that they were entitled to qualified immunity. … Saucier established a two-part qualified immunity inquiry.

Charles Stainback v. Ryan Dixon

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 30, 2009

To determine whether a defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, courts must address two issues: (1) whether the defendant violated the plaintiff’s con- stitutional rights and (2) whether the right at issue was clearly … Only if a constitutional violation was established could a court address the second inquiry: whether the plaintiff’s right was clearly established at the time of the violation.

Jamie S. Nabozny v. Mary Podlesny, William Davis, Thomas Blauert

92 F.3d 446 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 31, 1996

Our inquiry into Nabozny’s gender equal protection claim does not end here, because the district court granted to the defendants qualified immunity. The District itself clearly is not entitled to qualified immunity. … Next we must consider whether the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity.

Sanville v. Mccaughtry

266 F.3d 724 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 21, 2001

"Qualified immunity shields government officials performing discretionary functions from liability for civil damages unless their conduct violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable … Was the Right Clearly Established at the Time of the Violation? 58 We must now consider whether the guards may be held liable under sec. 1983, or whether they are entitled to qualified immunity.

James Newsome v. John McCabe and Raymond McNally

256 F.3d 747 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 11, 2001

Putting Buckley and all problems of establishing causation to one side, we make the normal immunity inquiry: was it clearly established in 1979 and 1980 that police could not withhold from prosecutors exculpatory information … The decision of the district court rejecting defendants’ affirmative defense of qualified immunity is accordingly AFFIRMED.

United States General, Inc. v. Franklynn B. Albert and James M.P. D'Amico

792 F.2d 678 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 6, 1986

On Counts V and VII, defendants D’Amico and Albert were entitled to summary judgment in their favor because defendants established, as a matter of law, qualified good faith immunity under the Illinois Tort Immunity Act, Ill.Rev.Stat … In Harlow the Supreme Court held that "government officials performing discretionary functions ... generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory

Woods v. City of Michigan City

940 F.2d 275 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 15, 1991

The district court granted qualified immunity to the police officers on the basis that Woods’ right to be free from having to post bond was not “clearly established” at the time of his arrest. … The officers, thus, did not knowingly violate Woods’ clearly established rights. Qualified immunity was properly granted to the police officers. IV.

Paul H. Frazell v. E.K. Flanigan

102 F.3d 877 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 10, 1996

Flanigan argues that immunity attaches here because Frazell has been unable to produce a closely analogous case clearly establishing that his actions during the encounter were in violation of the Fourth Amendment. … To the extent that Flanigan’s conduct did “not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known,” he would be immune from Frazell’s damage claims. Harlow v.

Eversole v. Steele

59 F.3d 710 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 16, 1995

However, "[t]he defense of qualified immunity shields government officials performing discretionary functions 'from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … Qualified immunity will shield a police officer from Sec. 1983 liability if " 'a reasonable officer could have believed [the plaintiff's arrest] to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the [arresting

Amanda Rakes v. Jonathan Roederer

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 25, 2024

Rakes has established a triable state-created danger claim, they are nonetheless entitled to qualified immunity. … To violate clearly established law—the second prong of the qualified immunity analysis—“existing precedent must have placed the statutory or constitutional question beyond debate.”

Ienco v. City of Chicago

286 F.3d 994 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 12, 2002

Qualified Immunity Finally, there is the familiar matter of qualified immunity. … Second, we ask whether that right was clearly established at the time that the disputed conduct took place.

Easter House, an Illinois, Not-For-Profit Corporation v. Thomas Felder, Florence McGuire and Joan Satoloe

852 F.2d 901 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 8, 1988

They argue that none of their actions, viewed as isolated events, clearly violated Easter House’s right to due process. If the issue were actually this narrow, defendants would be entitled to qualified immunity. … The Hobson court held that the FBI officials could not invoke qualified immunity.

Akande, Adetunji v. Grounds, Randall

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 9, 2009

No. 07-3800 7 Qualified immunity shields government officials from liability for civil damages where their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or … Katz, the Supreme Court established a two-step inquiry for courts ruling upon the qualified immunity issue.3 See Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, 201 (2001).