Case law

Hal Stanley v. Katherine Finnegan

899 F.3d 623 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Aug 10, 2018

of child abuse.2 2 On the merits, to defeat a qualified immunity defense, plaintiff has the burden of proving that defendant’s conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right. … “Qualified immunity protects public officials from § 1983 damage actions if their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”

James Eric McDonough v. Carlos Garcia

90 F.4th 1080 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jan 10, 2024

“Qualified immunity offers protection for government officials, acting within their discretionary authority, who are sued in their individual capacities as long as their conduct does not violate clearly … and that the right at issue was clearly established when the violation occurred.

Jeremy Nelson v. County of Wright

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Dec 10, 1998

Government officials performing discretionary tasks are entitled to qualified immunity unless their actions violate “clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … The standard was clearly established.5 Whether Hudek is entitled to qualified immunity must be examined from the perspective of the situation as he understood it at the time. Anderson v.

Akil Al-Jundi v. Vincent Mancusi, Karl Pfeil, Russell G. Oswald, the Estate of Nelson A. Rockefeller

926 F.2d 235 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Feb 27, 1991

Thus, what remains for trial are the first portion (the planning) as against Oswald and the second portion (the reprisals) as against all three appellants. 1 Whether qualified immunity was established as a matter of law as … Discussion Qualified immunity is available on motion for summary judgment if it appears, from undisputed facts, that an officer’s conduct did not violate constitutional rights that were clearly established at the time of

Donato Dalrymple v. Janet Reno

334 F.3d 991 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jun 19, 2003

Qualified immunity protects government officials performing discretionary functions from suits in their individual capacities unless their conduct violates 7 “clearly established … A district court should therefore grant the defense of qualified immunity on a motion to dismiss if the complaint “fails to allege the violation of a clearly established constitutional right.”

Paradis v. Montrose Memorial Hospital

157 F.3d 815 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Oct 14, 1998

While the Schalk court found that the defendant was entitled to qualified immunity because the law on this issue was not clearly established, id. … established law and qualified immunity may not be available to them.”), modified on other grounds , 928 F.2d 920 (1991) (en banc).

Dejuan Haynes v. Brian Minnehan

14 F.4th 830 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Sep 21, 2021

cuffing of Haynes was a clearly established violation of the Fourth Amendment. … I would grant the officers qualified immunity as, under prong two of the qualified immunity inquiry, it was not clearly established that Haynes should have been released from handcuffs at the conclusion of the patdown and

Washington v. Napolitano

29 F.4th 93 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Mar 23, 2022

It is clearly established in this Circuit that such a concealment, which deprives the judge of material information that could impact the probable cause determination, would not be protected by qualified immunity. … their entitlement to qualified immunity.”).

Gene Bell, Jr. v. City of Southfield, Mich.

37 F.4th 362 · Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Jun 14, 2022

Officers are entitled to qualified immunity unless they (1) violated a constitutional right (2) that was “clearly established” at the time of the wrongdoing. Pearson, 555 U.S. at 232 (citation omitted). … After all, the qualified-immunity inquiry looks at whether a right has been clearly established.

Derrick Bailey v. Major Tommy Wheeler

843 F.3d 473 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Nov 28, 2016

Qualified immunity shields public officials from liability for civil damages when their conduct does not violate a constitutional right that was clearly established at the time of the challenged action. City & Cty. … So the burden shifts to Bailey, as the plaintiff, to establish that qualified immunity does not apply. Id.

McKinney v. City of Middletown

49 F.4th 730 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Sep 26, 2022

of qualified immunity “is ‘whether the violative nature of particular conduct is clearly established,’” Mullenix v. … Qualified immunity would be “no immunity at all if ‘clearly established’ law can simply be defined as the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.” City & Cnty. of San Francisco v.

Mingus v. Butler

591 F.3d 474 · Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Jan 5, 2010

Qualified Immunity The district court’s denial of a claim of qualified immunity is immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine. Mitchell v. … Whether a defendant is entitled to qualified immunity depends upon whether the plaintiffs constitutional rights were violated and whether those rights were clearly established. See, e.g., Dorsey v.

John Raines, III v. Andrew Burningham

883 F.3d 1071 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Mar 5, 2018

Accordingly, the district court denied summary judgment on the issue of qualified immunity. This interlocutory appeal followed. II. DISCUSSION This Court reviews de novo the denial of qualified immunity. … a constitutional right’; and (2) whether the asserted constitutional right is clearly established.”

Kathy St. Hilaire, Etc. v. City of Laconia

71 F.3d 20 · Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · Dec 1, 1995

We affirm because the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity in that they did not violate any constitutional law that was clearly established at the time of the shooting and they could reasonably have- believed their … “Whether an asserted federal right was clearly established at a particular time, so that a public official who allegedly violated the right has no qualified immunity from suit, presents a question of law.”

Michael Rivera v. Redfern

98 F.4th 419 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Apr 11, 2024

This decision makes clear that courts must evaluate the constitutional merits of a claim separate and apart from the question of whether the state actors are entitled to qualified immunity because the law was not clearly … But because that decision was not made in derogation of clearly established law, the officials are entitled to qualified immunity.

Keating v. City of Miami

598 F.3d 753 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Mar 2, 2010

established, even though the district court granted them qualified immunity in their motion to dismiss. … If the violations were clearly established, then Timoney, Fernandez, Cannon, and Burden are not entitled to qualified immunity. IV.

City of Tahlequah v. Bond

595 U.S. 9 · Supreme Court of the United States · Oct 18, 2021

As to qualified immunity, the Court concluded that several cases, most notably Allen v. Muskogee, 119 F. 3d 837 (CA10 1997), clearly established that the officers’ conduct was unlawful. 981 F. 3d, at 826. … The doctrine of qualified immunity shields officers from civil liability so long as their conduct “does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”

DuFour-Dowell v. Cogger

152 F.3d 678 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 10, 1998

When a party appeals a denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds, we evaluate the record de novo to determine whether we can decide the immunity questions without resolving disputed questions of fact. … Because the facts are in hot dispute, the officers cannot seek pretrial refuge behind a claim Of qualified immunity.

Joan Kedra v. Richard Schroeter

876 F.3d 424 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Nov 28, 2017

established as required to defeat qualified immunity. … to qualified immunity.

Curley v. Klem

298 F.3d 271 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Aug 2, 2002

If a court concludes that an officer's conduct did violate a clearly established constitutional right, then it must deny him the protection afforded by qualified immunity. … immunity issues early in the litigation is in tension with the reality that factual disputes often need to be resolved before determining whether the defendant's conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right