Case law

McClure v. Chen

246 F. Supp. 3d 1286 · District Court, E.D. California · Mar 28, 2017

immunity grounds. … No. 28) is denied without prejudice to its renewal as to the merits of plaintiffs claim and on qualified immunity grounds 4 ; 3.

P.M.Q.

District Court, E.D. California · Mar 16, 2026

Plaintiff counters that qualified immunity does not apply because 3 Pickell violated plaintiff’s clearly established “Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process 4 right to bodily integrity and freedom from conscience-shocking … ‘clearly established at the time of the alleged misconduct.’”

(PC) Wesson v. Linde

District Court, E.D. California · Sep 8, 2022

Legal Standards—Qualified Immunity 16 Government officials enjoy qualified immunity from civil damages unless their conduct 17 violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights … Ramirez-Palmer, 301 F.3d 28 1043, 1053 (9th Cir. 2002). 1 “For the second step in the qualified immunity analysis—whether the constitutional right 2 was clearly established

(PC) Cox v. Bal

District Court, E.D. California · Aug 26, 2024

Feb. 15, 2024) (denying 21 defendant’s motion for qualified immunity because inmates’ clearly established right to be 22 protected from serious, communicable diseases extends to protection from COVID-19). … Because 23 plaintiff has adequately pled facts showing a clearly established right, defendants’ motion for 24 qualified immunity should be denied. 25 IV.

Guru Nanak Sikh Society of Yuba City v. County of Sutter

326 F. Supp. 2d 1128 · District Court, E.D. California · Oct 17, 2003

A “dismissal on the pleadings for failure to state a claim is proper only if ‘the movant clearly establishes that no material issue of fact remains to be resolved and that he is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.’ ” … QUASI-JUDICIAL IMMUNITY Next, defendants argue that the individual members of the Board of Supervisors are shielded from liability by so-called “quasi-judicial” immunity, which extends absolute judicial immunity “to agency

Barrera v. City of Woodland

District Court, E.D. California · Jun 13, 2023

Cases 21 decided after the alleged constitutional violation cannot create 22 clearly established law for purposes qualified immunity because 23 reasonable officers are “not required to foresee judicial … Mattos, 661 F.3d at 452 (holding that the 11 officers violated the Fourth Amendment in using their tasers but 12 nevertheless granted qualified immunity because the law was not 13 clearly established

Mannatt v. United States

951 F. Supp. 172 · District Court, E.D. California · Dec 12, 1996

The instant action was brought to establish an interest in Indian land. Thus, the United States is an indispensable party. However, as discussed above, the United States is immune from plaintiffs first claim. … ’s sovereign immunity, and consequently, have not established subject matter jurisdiction over the United States.

(PC) Crain v. State of California

District Court, E.D. California · Feb 14, 2025

was clearly established at the 22 time.” … See Chavez, 12 F.4th at 26 1000 (“in the prison context, the ‘prohibition against retaliatory punishment is ‘clearly established 27 law’ in the Ninth Circuit for qualified immunity purposes.’”) (quoting Rhodes v.

Pfeiffer

District Court, E.D. California · Mar 17, 2026

Qualified Immunity 20 Defendants Singh and Aflague object to the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation 21 that they are not entitled to qualified immunity. … They point to their 23 proffer on summary judgment that they acted reasonably and met the requisite standard of care and 24 did not violate clearly established law.

Robinson v. Salazar

838 F. Supp. 2d 1006 · District Court, E.D. California · Jan 18, 2012

Those reservations were established by Executive Order and were the Hoopa Reservation (established in 1876), Mission Indian Reserve (established in 1870, and revised from 1877-1889), Round Valley Reservation (established … The Skokomish court, citing Inyo County , held the that tribe was not a “person” qualified to sue under section 1983.

Valladolid

District Court, E.D. California · Jul 10, 2026

immunity as well. … The Court must take the evidence in the light 22 most favorable to plaintiff, including when it determines whether the relevant law was clearly 23 established. Tolan v.

Santoro

District Court, E.D. California · Oct 14, 2025

immunity only if “(1) the [evidence], taken in the light 28 most favorable to the party asserting injury, show[s] that the officer’s conduct violated a 1 constitutional right, and (2) the right at issue was clearly established … correctional officer would have understood that the prohibition against such conduct 1 was clearly established.

Luckey v. City of Porterville

District Court, E.D. California · Sep 30, 2024

Second Claim (Qualified Immunity) 3 Defendants argue that Sokoloff is entitled to qualified immunity on Plaintiff’s second 4 claim for relief alleging violation of his right of intimate association … In the absence of any such 10 authority, Plaintiff’s alleged right to intimate association was not clearly established at the time of 11 the challenged conduct, and Sokoloff is entitled to qualified immunity.

Roberts v. Americable International Inc.

883 F. Supp. 499 · District Court, E.D. California · Apr 14, 1995

C.Work Product Protection Federal law provides that the work product doctrine is a generally qualified immunity and as such, a party may discover otherwise protected materials if substantial need or undue hardship is shown … tape recordings, to be subject to a weak qualified immunity.

(PC) Rico v. Ducart

District Court, E.D. California · Feb 8, 2024

Qualified Immunity 24 Government officials enjoy qualified immunity from civil damages unless their conduct 25 violates clearly established statutory or constitutional rights … Defendants are entitled to 13 qualified immunity where their conduct did not violate ‘clearly established’ law.

Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation

823 F. Supp. 715 · District Court, E.D. California · May 28, 1993

Review of a few of the administrative claims which Westlands contends fail to allege facts establishing a cause of action for breach demonstrates that the allegations of breach are not clearly stated. … Westlands cannot establish that it was in any way prejudiced by this, as the claims filed by other landowners clearly alleged the existence of contractual rights and such rights were at the heart of the Barcellos litigation

Gonzalez v. County of Stanislaus

District Court, E.D. California · Apr 16, 2025

27 immunity given any relevant clearly established law. … But officers are entitled to qualified immunity if their 26 actions violated no clearly established law even when the evidence is taken in the light most 27 favorable to the non-moving party.

(PC) Perry v. Brevick

District Court, E.D. California · Jan 30, 2024

right was clearly established. … City of Tacoma, 949 F.3d 1167, 1174 (9th Cir. 2020). 23 A right is clearly established for purposes of determining qualified immunity if the 24 “contours of the right were sufficiently clear that a reasonable

Harris v. City of Tulare

District Court, E.D. California · Oct 13, 2022

immunity where the appeal 2 focuses on whether the defendants violated a clearly established law given the undisputed facts, 3 while we do not have jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal that focuses on whether there … established at the time.”). 12 A proper interlocutory appeal of an order denying qualified immunity on summary 13 judgment ordinarily divests the district court of jurisdiction to proceed with trial, unless the

Morici Corp. v. United States

491 F. Supp. 466 · District Court, E.D. California · Jun 6, 1980

After examining the allegations in the complaint, this court declared: *476 These allegations do not clearly bring the plaintiffs’ claims within the immunity. … First, the preparation and presentation of proof establishing the applicability of section 702c immunity are costs intended to be minimized by the broad expression of federal non-liability.