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District Court, E.D. California · Aug 24, 2026
whether defendants are 27 entitled to qualified immunity. … In resolving qualified immunity at summary judgment, courts 28 engage in a two-pronged inquiry.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Nov 29, 2023
Qualified Immunity 17 Regarding plaintiff’s sexual assault claim, defendant argues in the alternative that he is 18 entitled to qualified immunity. … right, and (2) whether the law at the time of the 21 challenged conduct clearly established that the conduct was unlawful.”
Cited 0 timesUnknownSpencer Enterprises, Inc. v. United States
229 F. Supp. 2d 1025 · District Court, E.D. California · Mar 28, 2001
From August 1999 through February 2000, there are not even ten qualifying employees. See. id. … “The power to expel or exclude aliens is largely immune from judicial control.” See Shaughnessy, 345 U.S. at 210, 73 S.Ct. 625 .
Cited 8 timesPublishedMeixner v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
101 F. Supp. 3d 938 · District Court, E.D. California · Apr 24, 2015
While a loan modification is traditional lending, the parties are now in an established relationship. … The loan modification transaction was clearly intended to affect Plaintiff because he was in privity with Wells.
Cited 8 timesPublishedHardin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
813 F. Supp. 2d 1167 · District Court, E.D. California · Apr 25, 2011
Plaintiff is *1181 claiming that the loss of wages and insurance benefits qualifies. … Flipping Plaintiff off and saying he would get him do not qualify as an attempt to commit violent injury. Cal.
Cited 56 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. California · Sep 9, 2019
resolving the 6 | pending for motion for reconsideration, the court concludes that the issue decided by the Ninth 7 | Circuit in Hines—whether the right to be free from heightened exposure to Valley Fever spores 8 | was clearly … established at a given point in time for purposes of a qualified immunity defense—is 9 | clearly relevant to this case.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · May 6, 2020
Ordinarily, once the court 10 concludes that a right was clearly established, an officer is not entitled to qualified immunity 11 because a reasonably competent public official is charged with knowing the law governing … However, even if the plaintiff 13 has alleged a violation of a clearly established right, the government official is entitled to 14 qualified immunity if he could have “. . . reasonably but mistakenly believed that his
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Apr 21, 2026
a prima facie case that these private actors, 4 acting as private attorneys, acted in ways attributable to the government qualifying as “state action” 5 sufficient to state a claim for a violation of section 1983. … As to any 9 such amendment, Plaintiff would need to allege how private Defendants Ochoa Chavez, Salkeld, 10 Gradford, and Nutting’s actions qualify as state action pursuant to at least one of the above tests. 11 E.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · May 5, 2025
The court may, therefore, dismiss a claim as frivolous where it is based on an 5 indisputably meritless legal theory or where the factual contentions are clearly baseless. Neitzke, 6 490 U.S. at 327. … from suit or who are not subject to civil liability because they do not qualify as 26 state actors.
Cited 0 timesUnknownSullivan Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Vallejo City Unified School District
731 F. Supp. 947 · District Court, E.D. California · Mar 1, 1990
Standards It is well established that the party seeking to invoke the jurisdiction of the federal court has the burden of establishing that jurisdiction exists. KVOS, Inc. v. … Under this interpretation, the California Supreme Court has found that a non-profit homeowners’ association, O’Connor, and a non-profit boys club, Isbister , qualified as “business establishments” under Unruh. *953 In like
Cited 39 timesPublishedYosemite Tenants Ass'n. v. Clark
582 F. Supp. 1342 · District Court, E.D. California · Mar 22, 1984
The Court finds that Mariposa, California, qualifies as an established community as well as a nearby representative private community. … DISCUSSION Clearly, the plaintiff has not established the Secretary’s action to be violative of any constitutional rights, powers, privileges or immunities afforded to the plaintiffs.
Cited 1 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. California · Feb 16, 2021
relief may be granted and on qualified immunity grounds. … The Ninth Circuit has also established 6 that when an action presents multiple claims, a strike is assessed “only when the ‘case as a whole’ 7 is dismissed for a qualifying reason under the [PLRA].” Washington v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Aug 27, 2025
Qualified Immunity 11 In the alternative, Defendant asserts that he is entitled to qualified immunity in this case 12 because no official in his position would believe that … The plaintiff bears the burden 2 | of establishing that the right alleged was clearly established. Moran v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · May 27, 2022
safety concerns and for legitimate penological reasons, was 18 unlawful or violated any clearly established statutory or constitutional right of Plaintiff. 19 … affirmative defense,” and that Defendant “has 22 the burden to prove that they are [sic] entitled to qualified immunity.”
Cited 0 timesUnknown450 F. Supp. 308 · District Court, E.D. California · May 17, 1978
Carpenter does qualify. … Certain of the evidence and authorities presented is clearly inadequate to justify reversal.
Cited 20 timesPublished112 F. Supp. 3d 1097 · District Court, E.D. California · Jun 4, 2015
These regulation's are qualified by the limitation that “nothing in this part shall preclude activities as authorized by the U.S. Mining Laws Act of 1872 as amended.” 36 C.F.R. § 261.1 (b). … Practically, as the Magistrate Judge observed, this approach would make little sense: miners would essentially be immune from prosecution under Part 261 for any mining-related activity, regardless of its severity, as long
Cited 5 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. California · May 18, 2022
Qualified Immunity 3 Plaintiff utterly failed to address defendant’s claim to qualified immunity, merely stating 4 “We . . . don’t believe that she has qualified immunity.” … clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of 14 which a reasonable person would have known.’”
Cited 0 timesUnknown687 F. Supp. 2d 1155 · District Court, E.D. California · Jan 15, 2010
Plaintiffs fail to establish an implied right of action for violations of the specific Penal Code sections. … As for the common law tort claims identified under the Fourth cause of action, Plaintiffs do not address qualified immunity with regard to “assault” and fail to allege facts to establish intentional infliction of emotional
Cited 17 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. California · Oct 30, 2023
Id. 10 Plaintiff also argues that defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity. Id. at 1-2, 21. 11 IV. … clearly established statutory or 8 constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. California · Aug 25, 2025
Qualified Immunity 11 In the current preliminary posture, the court declines 12 to address whether qualified immunity shields any defendants from 13 liability … “Denial of 9 qualified immunity at this juncture therefore sheds little light 10 on whether defendants might ultimately be entitled to qualified 11 immunity once the case proceeds at least to the summary
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