Case law

Manning v. City of Tulsa

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Mar 30, 2026

But Shelby invoked qualified immunity, which “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 … Viewing the disputed facts in the Estate’s favor, Shelby violated Crutcher’s clearly established constitutional rights, so we reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment based on qualified immunity and remand

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America, Local 737 v. Auto Glass Employees Federal Credit Union

72 F.3d 1243 · Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Feb 23, 1996

Because in the plaintiffs' view these rights were clearly established under the NLRA, Carver was not entitled to qualified immunity. … Once a government official raises the defense of qualified immunity, the plaintiffs must plead and prove with some particularity the existence of a clearly established right that the official is alleged to have violated.

Estate of Arrington Ex Rel. Arrington v. Michael

738 F.3d 599 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Dec 24, 2013

He claims both qualified and statutory immunity. … Since his conduct falls squarely within the immunity established by the Child Safety Lock Act of 2005, 18 U.S.C. § 922(z)(3), we need not address his claim for qualified immunity and will reverse the decision of the District

Ayers v. Ryan

152 F.3d 77 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Jul 28, 1998

Although we upheld the dismissal of the complaint on the ground of qualified immunity because at the time an inmate had no clearly established constitutional right to assistance, we warned:[F]or inmates disabled by confinement … Qualified Immunity. 37 Qualified immunity shields government officials from liability for damages resulting from the performance of discretionary official functions if their conduct "does not violate clearly established statutory

Curtis Wells, Jr. v. Javier Fuentes

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Jan 22, 2025

At step two, qualified immunity allows the official to beat the plaintiff’s claim by showing that the asserted right was less than “clearly established” at the time of the conduct. Plumhoff v. … Because Wells did not have a clearly established right in 2020, the police are entitled to qualified immunity.

Lowe v. Aldridge

958 F.2d 1565 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Apr 27, 1992

a violation of clearly established rights of which a reasonable official in defendant’s circumstances would have known.” … In order for a right to be clearly established and defeat an official’s claim to qualified immunity, [t]he contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing

Jones v. City of North Las Vegas

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Sep 8, 2025

Because defendants lacked an exigent circumstance to search plaintiffs’ yard under clearly established law at the time of the incident, they were not entitled to qualified immunity. … Qualified immunity protects government officials from liability under § 1983 “unless (1) they violated a federal statutory or constitutional right, and (2) the unlawfulness of their conduct was clearly established at the

Bobbie J. Coleman, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Wayne Coleman, Jr., Deceased v. Dave Parkman, St. Francis County Sheriff Doris Halbert, Chief Jail Administrator, Gannen Lee Manthey, Jailer Hank Leary, Captain, Henry Thomas, Deputy John and Jane Does, 1-5, Bobbie J. Coleman, Administratrix of the Estate of Billy Wayne Coleman, Jr., Deceased v. Dave Parkman, St. Francis County Sheriff Doris Halbert, Chief Jail Administrator, Gannen Lee Manthey, Jailer Hank Leary, Captain Henry Thomas, Deputy John and Jane Does, 1-5

349 F.3d 534 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Nov 12, 2003

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AND PRISONER-SUICIDE CASES 15 When a defendant asserts qualified immunity, we must perform two inquiries in "proper sequence." Saucier v. … Appellants do not argue that the right was not "clearly established" as defined by Saucier.

Mena v. City of Simi Valley

226 F.3d 1031 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Sep 22, 2000

In deciding whether Defendants are entitled as a matter of law to qualified immunity, we must accept the facts in the light most favorable to the Plaintiffs and then determine whether, in light of clearly established principles … Defendants maintain, however, that' they are entitled to qualified immunity because the officers reasonably could have believed that their conduct was lawful under the clearly established law. A.

Lindsey v. Hyler

918 F.3d 1109 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Mar 19, 2019

, and (2) the constitutional right was clearly established at the time the violation transpired. … to qualified immunity.

Swartz v. Sylvester

53 F.4th 693 · Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · Nov 21, 2022

The district court proceeded to analyze the second prong of the qualified immunity test. … Because we may find qualified immunity under either prong of the two-prong test, Est. of Rahim, 51 F.4th at 410, we accordingly affirm the district court's decision that Sylvester was entitled to qualified immunity as

Mcgreevy v. Stroup

413 F.3d 359 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Jun 28, 2005

Defendants are entitled to qualified immunity only if the constitutional or statutory violation alleged is not clearly established. 16 1. … established' for the purposes of the Harlow qualified immunity standard."

Graham v. St. Louis Metro. Police Dep't

933 F.3d 1007 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Aug 13, 2019

immunity. … “Our jurisdiction to consider an appeal of an order denying summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity is limited to the purely legal issue of whether the facts alleged support a claim of violation of clearly established

Andrew Stewart v. P.O. Gary Lattanzi, Donna M. Mills, Hearing Officer, and William J. Brianwell, Commissioner

832 F.2d 12 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Oct 26, 1987

If the official acts adjudicatively, the official probably has absolute immunity. If the official acts execu-tively, the official probably has qualified, good-faith immunity. … Qualified immunity will be provided if the “conduct did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Harper v.

Lee J. Topp v. Thomas J. Wolkowski and Thomas J. Lombardi

994 F.2d 45 · Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · Jun 3, 1993

The only question before us is whether the motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity should have been granted. … In general, the doctrine of qualified immunity provides that “government officials performing discretionary functions ... are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established

Bryce Masters v. Timothy Runnels

998 F.3d 827 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · May 27, 2021

“Qualified immunity shields government officials from liability in a § 1983 action unless the official’s conduct violates a clearly established constitutional or statutory right of which a reasonable person would have known … , and (2) whether that right was clearly established at the time of the defendant’s alleged misconduct.”

David Hosea v. City of St. Paul

867 F.3d 949 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Aug 14, 2017

The officers moved for summary judgment and the district court held that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity on Hosea’s constitutional claims. 3 The court held that the officers were entitled to qualified immunity … “First, ‘whether the facts alleged, construed in the light most favorable to [Hosea], establish a violation of a constitutional or statutory right,’ and second, ‘whether that right was clearly established at the time of the

Rehberg v. Paulk

598 F.3d 1268 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Mar 11, 2010

Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity shields government officials who perform discretionary governmental functions from civil liability so long as their conduct does not violate any “clearly established statutory or constitutional … immunity because Rehberg’s right to be free from a retaliatory investigation is not clearly established.

Gerald Albers v. Harold Whitley

743 F.2d 1372 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Oct 1, 1984

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY One final note should be taken of the qualified immunity defense claim. Under Harlow v. … Similarly, deliberate indifference to Albers’ right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment would violate a right “clearly established at the time of the conduct at issue.” Davis v.

Colleen Curran v. Phillip Aleshire

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Aug 27, 2015

The district court then conducted the qualified immunity analysis to assess whether Aleshire violated clearly established law. … Aleshire argues that he is entitled to qualified immunity, even assuming the existence of disputed facts, because none is material to whether his actions were objectively unreasonable in light of clearly established law.