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District Court, N.D. Texas · Mar 27, 2025
Once an officer pleads qualified immunity, the plaintiff has the burden to establish that the officer violated the plaintiff’s clearly established federal rights. Argueta, 86 F.4th at 1088 (citing Estate of Davis v. … In short, an officer is entitled to qualified immunity “if there is no violation, or if the conduct did not violate law clearly established at the time.” Bailey v. Iles, No. 22-30509, 2023 WL 8062239 at *2 (5th Cir.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · May 22, 2020
magistrate judge focused on and concluded that Warren is entitled to qualified immunity because Hobbs “failed to meet his burden to show that the law was clearly established such that the alleged use of force was unreasonable … cannot establish that his particular conduct violated clearly established law as required to overcome qualified immunity.4 Based on the legal standard and facts in Morrow v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownWinegarner v. City of Irving Texas
District Court, N.D. Texas · Aug 20, 2025
“Qualified immunity protects government officials from performing discretionary functions from suit and liability for civil damages to the extent their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … (2) that the right was “clearly established” at the time of the challenged conduct.’”
Cited 0 timesUnknownZapata Hincapie v. Texas Tech University
District Court, N.D. Texas · Mar 11, 2024
Qualified immunity has two prongs: (1) whether the plaintiff has asserted a violation of a constitutional right; and (2) whether that right was clearly established at the time. Id. … To avoid dismissal, Zapata must overcome the individual defendants’ ordinary qualified immunity by alleging a violation of a clearly established right. Kinney, 367 F.3d at 349–50.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Aug 11, 2022
“[P]olice officers are entitled to qualified immunity unless existing precedent ‘squarely governs’ the specific facts at issue.”84 “To overcome qualified immunity, the law must be so clearly established that every … established law that the plaintiffs here need to overcome Officer Hess’s and Officer Kimpel’s assertion of qualified immunity.
Cited 0 timesUnknownJoyce v. Young County Sheriff's Office
District Court, N.D. Texas · Aug 1, 2024
Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity insulates a government official from civil damages liability when the official’s actions do not “violate clearly established statutory … In analyzing whether an individual defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, the court considers whether the plaintiff has alleged any violation of a clearly established right, and, if so, whether the individual defendant
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Jan 7, 2025
applied qualified immunity without addressing the well-established constitutional rights violated by Defendants.”14 To overcome the defense of qualified immunity, a plaintiff must show “(1) that the official … established” prong, as “a failure by the plaintiff to establish either prong entitles the defendant to qualified immunity.”
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Apr 17, 2020
Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity insulates a government official from civil damages liability when the official's actions do not "violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … at 341, In analyzing whether an individual defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, the court considers whether plaintiff has alleged any violation of a clearly established right, and,
Cited 0 timesUnknownB S v. Waxahachie Independent School District
District Court, N.D. Texas · Sep 10, 2019
In analyzing qualified immunity claims, the Supreme Court has “repeatedly told courts … to not define clearly established law at a high level of generality.” Mullenix v. Luna, 136 S. … Kazda – Qualified Immunity In her motion to dismiss, Kazda asserts that she is entitled to qualified immunity because Bradyn S. failed to plead facts establishing a violation of his
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Aug 9, 2024
was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation.” … Thus, to overcome Palos’s assertion of qualified immunity, Rios must allege facts sufficient to show that Palos’s conduct violated his constitutional rights, and that the violation of his rights was clearly established
Cited 0 timesUnknownCraig v. Tarrant County Sheriff's Office
District Court, N.D. Texas · Nov 15, 2024
To overcome qualified immunity, a plaintiff must show: “(1) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right; and (2) that the right was ‘clearly established’ at the time of the challenged conduct.” … “If the defendant’s actions violated a clearly established constitutional right” courts examine “whether qualified immunity is still appropriate because the defendant’s actions were objectively reasonable in light
Cited 0 timesUnknown360 F. Supp. 1322 · District Court, N.D. Texas · May 22, 1973
Therefore, the criteria set forth in Ford, supra, for an agency to be deemed the alter ego of a state are clearly met in this case. … The Equitable Relief Test Plaintiffs contend that even if the Retirement System is immune from suit for money damages it is not immune from suit to set aside the foreclosure sale and establish the plaintiffs’ title to the
Cited 8 timesPublishedDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Jul 23, 2019
Cy Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity insulates a government official from civil damages liability when the official's actions do not "violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … if In analyzing whether an individual defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, the court considers whether plaintiff has alleged any violation of a clearly established right, and, if
Cited 0 timesUnknownMorris v. City of Fort Worth, Texas
District Court, N.D. Texas · Feb 21, 2020
Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity insulates a government official from civil damages liability when the official's actions do not "violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights … at 341, In analyzing whether an individual defendant is entitled to qualified immunity, the court considers whether plaintiff has alleged any violation of a clearly established right, and, if
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Mar 18, 2025
“The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials ‘from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person … “Qualified immunity is applicable unless the official’s conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right.” Id.
Cited 0 timesUnknownCampbell v. Methodist Hospitals of Dallas
District Court, N.D. Texas · Aug 15, 2024
Alternatively, the City Defendants contend that Peña is entitled to qualified immunity because his conduct was objectively reasonable in light of clearly established law. Id. at 7–9. … The district court granted summary judgment to the officers on qualified immunity grounds, and the Fifth Circuit reversed, explaining that the law was “clearly established that it was objectively unreasonable for several
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Dec 15, 2025
In Zeng I and Zeng II the court dismissed these claims on the basis that Zeng had failed to overcome Officer Cox’s qualified immunity defense by identifying precedent contemporaneous with her arrest that clearly established … claim under the “clearly established” prong of the qualified immunity analysis.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Mar 6, 2024
The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable … Analysis Moore argues that he is entitled to qualified immunity because Bates cannot show that his actions were objectively unreasonable under clearly established
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Apr 6, 2023
The “clearly establish” prong of the qualified immunity analysis “‘is better understood as two separate inquiries: [(1)] whether the allegedly violated constitutional rights were clearly established at the time of the … This is true “even when ... a court decides only the clearly-established prong of the [qualified immunity] standard.” Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650, 657, 134 S.Ct. 1861, 188 L.Ed.2d 895 (2014).
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · Mar 17, 2026
violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … However, Gray’s claims falter at the next step of qualified immunity because he does not provide any factual basis that the Defendants’ behavior was not “objectively reasonable under clearly established law at the time
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