Case law

Klump v. Nazareth Area School District

425 F. Supp. 2d 622 · District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · Mar 30, 2006

Therefore, each defendant would be entitled to qualified immunity unless she violated a clearly established constitutional right of plaintiff Christopher Klump. In other words, there is a two-part test. … Further, even if the defendants did violate Christopher Klump’s constitutional rights, they would have qualified immunity if the constitutional right were not clearly established.

DAVIS v. BURKE

District Court, D. New Jersey · Mar 7, 2022

“Qualified immunity shields government officials from personal liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would … App’x 373, 378-79 (3d Cir. 2004) (“To the extent the Supervisory Defendants fail to address the issue [of whether a right was clearly established], therefore, their claim for qualified immunity fails ipso facto.”).

(PC) Taylor v. Commissioner of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

District Court, E.D. California · Nov 3, 2022

clearly established statutory or 7 constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … If the law 21 did not put the officer on notice that his conduct would be clearly unlawful, summary judgment 22 based on qualified immunity is appropriate.

(PC) Bowell v. California Department of Corrections

District Court, E.D. California · Jul 30, 2020

Legal Standards 3 Qualified immunity applies when an official’s conduct does not violate clearly established 4 statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable … City of Roseville, 882 F.3d 843, 856-57 16 (9th Cir. 2018) (noting that Ninth Circuit precedent is sufficient to meet the “clearly established” 17 prong of qualified immunity); Hamby v.

Timpa v. The City of Dallas

District Court, N.D. Texas · Jul 6, 2020

Adherence to the Fifth Circuit’s qualified immunity analysis in Pratt, as well as the Supreme Court’s frequent exhortation “not to define clearly established law at a high level of generality,” means that Gutierrez does … Because there is no clearly established law holding unconstitutional restraints analogous to the Defendants’ restraint of Timpa, the Court holds that qualified immunity bars the excessive force claims against the Defendants

Reyes-Herrera v. Flaitz

District Court, W.D. New York · Feb 20, 2020

“An official is therefore entitled to immunity if his action was ‘objectively legally reasonable in light of the legal rules that were clearly established at the time it was taken.’” … Defendants advance two arguments in support of their position that they are entitled to qualified immunity: (1) they did not violate a clearly established right, and (2) they had arguable probable

Jasmaine f/k/a Duane L. Fox v. Linsenby

District Court, W.D. North Carolina · Sep 13, 2021

“To determine whether an officer is entitled to qualified immunity, the court must examine (1) whether the plaintiff has demonstrated that the officer violated a constitutional right and (2) whether that right was clearly … Dolgos, 884 F.3d 172, 178 (4th Cir. 2018) (internal quotation marks omitted); see Lovelace, 472 F.3d at 199 (finding that an inmate’s RLUIPA rights were clearly established in 2002 for qualified immunity purposes).

Hamner v. Tuscaloosa County School System

District Court, N.D. Alabama · Feb 17, 2021

James, 157 F.3d 1271, 1284 (11th Cir. 1998) (stating that “clearly established principles of law will seldom if ever suffice to strip a defendant of qualified immunity”). … violated a clearly established right, which she has not done.

Reeves v. The City of Springfield

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Oct 1, 2025

right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation. … But where the law was clearly established, both qualified immunity questions must be addressed. Id.

Bell v. Lee

District Court, N.D. California · Mar 11, 2024

They also argue that Gatmen and Herron are entitled to qualified immunity 16 because they carried Bell at the direction of Lieutenant Krol. … Cnty. of Orange, 364 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir. 2004) (clearly established right to be free 7 || of excessive force encompasses “well-established” right to be free of overly tight handcuffs) (citing 8 Meredith

Vasquez v. Coughlin

726 F. Supp. 466 · District Court, S.D. New York · Dec 5, 1989

The Second Circuit has clearly articulated the instances when a defendant is entitled to qualified immunity. … But see Gittens, 720 F.Supp. at 43-44 (immunity granted based on finding that in 1987 the requirement was not clearly established in this Circuit).

Tucker v. Boldo

District Court, D. Minnesota · Dec 17, 2024

In general, the doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials from section 1983 liability “unless their conduct violated a clearly established constitutional or statutory right of which a reasonable person … United States, 813 F.3d 689, 696 (8th Cir. 2015) (“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

Pastore v. Catron County Sheriff's Office

District Court, D. New Mexico · Nov 17, 2021

Qualified Immunity The doctrine of qualified immunity protects officials from civil liability as long as they do not “‘violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … Regarding the clearly established law prong of a qualified immunity test, courts must not define the relevant constitutional right “at a high level of generality.” White v.

CONONIE v. BRUNNER

District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · Jun 3, 2025

In addition, Officer Brunner is entitled to qualified immunity, because he relied upon a credible report that a crime had occurred, and upon his interview with the Plaintiff, which supported his belief that a crime had … Barkes, 575 U.S. 822, 825 (2015) (“Qualified immunity shields government officials from civil damages liability unless the official violated a statutory or constitutional right that was clearly established at the time

WAGNER v. CITY OF NEWARK

District Court, D. New Jersey · Feb 27, 2025

Defendant Henry puts forth that qualified immunity shields him from liability as Plaintiff has not pled facts demonstrating he violated a clearly established constitutional right. (D.E. 63-2 at 15.) … clearly established in light of the specific context of the case.”

Allen v. Pacheco

District Court, M.D. Florida · Dec 11, 2020

a clearly established constitutional right.’” … As Officer Suttle did not raise the qualified immunity issue for any other claims, Allen did not have a sufficient opportunity to respond regarding qualified immunity for those claims

Wright v. 15th District Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office

District Court, S.D. Florida · Aug 4, 2025

Lastly, the Court agrees with the Report that Deputy Di Orsini is entitled to qualified immunity, because Count 5 fails to allege any constitutional violations, let alone any “clearly established” constitutional violations … App’x 870, 875 (4th Cir. 2004).], none of that would signal a violation of a “clearly established” constitutional right in this Circuit as would be required to overcome qualified immunity. See Chesser v.

Pretzman v. Mayorkas

District Court, District of Columbia · Aug 20, 2024

“The United States is generally immune from suit unless there is explicit statutory waiver of its sover- eign immunity.” Lewis v. D.C. Police Dep’t, 271 F. … Supp. 3d 18, 23 (D.D.C. 2022) (“The Privacy Act provides a waiver of sovereign immunity, but the waiver is limited in scope: the Act only waives sovereign immunity for ‘actual damages.’ . . .

McDougald v. Clagg

District Court, S.D. Ohio · Oct 5, 2021

In other words, plaintiffs must articulate why the asserted constitutional rights count as “clearly established,” or else qualified immunity bars those claims. … retaliation claim, McDougald once again waived the clearly-established prong of qualified immunity with respect to that claim.

Perkins

District Court, M.D. Alabama · Feb 3, 2026

Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity shields government officials from personal liability “for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established … Thus, Plaintiff also must show that the right allegedly violated by Commissioner Hamm was clearly established to overcome qualified immunity.