Case law

Reverend Stephen Jarrard v. Sheriff of Polk County

115 F.4th 1306 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Sep 16, 2024

established” to over- come their qualified-immunity defense. … Hartop, 992 F.3d 492, 504–17 (6th Cir. 2021), but that case cannot clearly establish the law in this Circuit for purposes of qualified immunity. Gilmore, 111 F.4th at 1135–36.

Riggins v. Goodman

572 F.3d 1101 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Jul 10, 2009

Cline, 519 F.3d 1090, 1092 (10th Cir. 2008) (explaining that qualified immunity shields officials from damages actions unless their conduct was unreasonable in light of clearly established law). … clearly established constitutional rights.

Cody v. Weber

256 F.3d 764 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Jul 9, 2001

the policy was in order (as opposed to injunctive relief limited to the single inmate). 113 F.3d at 892 . 2 We decline the prison officials' invitation to affirm the entry of summary judgment on the alternative grounds of qualified … immunity.

Makin v. Colorado Department of Corrections

183 F.3d 1205 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Jul 12, 1999

Defendants contend they are entitled to qualified immunity because at the time of the relevant events, there was no clearly established law, that is, Supreme Court or Tenth Circuit authority, “which sets forth the parameters … City , 879 F.2d 706, 729 n.37 (10th Cir. 1989) (“[S]tructuring the inquiry [into what right must be clearly established] too narrowly would render the defense [of qualified immunity] available to all public officials except

Easley

District Court, D. Kansas · Jan 16, 2026

“His response brief failed even to include the terms ‘qualified immunity’ or ‘clearly established.’” Id. … of establishing that the rights in question were clearly established at the time”).

Lloyd Dela Cruz v. Kauai County Melvin K. Soong, Prosecuting Attorney for the County of Kauai

279 F.3d 1064 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Feb 6, 2002

The next step in evaluating the claim of qualified immunity, however, is to determine whether this right was “clearly established.” Saucier, 121 S.Ct. at 2156. … Under this standard, Soong is entitled to qualified immunity. Déla Cruz has not met his burden of proving that the right allegedly violated here was “clearly established” at the time of the alleged violation.

Shane Horton v. City of Santa Maria

915 F.3d 592 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Feb 1, 2019

CITY OF SANTA MARIA to qualified immunity so that “[g]oing forward, . . . the law is clearly established in this scenario”). … We therefore confine our inquiry to the second qualified immunity prong — whether the constitutional right at issue was “clearly established” at the time of the alleged violation. B.

Richey v. American Automobile Association, Inc.

380 Mass. 835 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 6, 1980

There may, indeed, be room for the observation that if the present facts should be held to qualify a discharged employee for relief, then a new practical definition might have to be given to employments theoretically terminable

LaBounty v. Coughlin

137 F.3d 68 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Feb 13, 1998

Qualified Immunity The doctrine of qualified immunity is well established. … Where a right is clearly established, “the defendants may nonetheless establish immunity by showing that reasonable persons in their position would not have understood that their conduct was within the scope of the established

Riggleman v. Clarke

District Court, W.D. Virginia · Sep 4, 2024

Amonette’s actions amounted to deliberate indifference and turn directly to … the clearly established prong of the qualified-immunity analysis.” 55 F.4th at 454. … The Fourth Circuit did not address whether the defendant was entitled to qualified immunity, or specifically the second step of the qualified immunity framework—whether the right at issue was “clearly established” at the

James J. Giuffre v. Nicholas Bissell Richard Thornburg Robert Smith Russ Leffert Sam Debella Richard Meyers County of Somerset

31 F.3d 1241 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Aug 4, 1994

It also ruled that none of the individual officials was entitled to qualified immunity because Giuffre had raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether any clearly established laws had been violated by the officials … The “clearly established” standard of Harlow was delineated by the Supreme Court in Anderson v.

Stearns v. Clarkson

615 F.3d 1278 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Aug 13, 2010

Clearly Established Rights The district court correctly noted that the rights at issue in this case are clearly established. … Because the rights at issue in this case are clearly established, the defendants are only entitled to qualified immunity if, based on the facts as viewed in the light most favorable to Mr.

HOOVER v. GREYHOUSE

District Court, S.D. Indiana · Aug 30, 2024

Hoover's right to meaningful review of his placement in segregation, it need not address their argument that they are entitled to qualified immunity. See Abbott v. … constitutional right was 'clearly established’ at the time of the official's alleged misconduct.").

Doe v. Woodard

912 F.3d 1278 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Jan 3, 2019

We reversed the district court’s grant of qualified immunity. … I first address the “clearly established” prong. McCoy v. Meyers, 887 F.3d 1034, 1045 (10th Cir. 2018) (“Courts have discretion to decide the order in which to engage the two qualified immunity prongs.”

Winfield v. State

172 Vt. 591 · Supreme Court of Vermont · Jun 8, 2001

Thus, if the official’s conduct does not violate clearly-established rights of which a reasonable person would have known, the official is protected by qualified immunity from tort liability. Cook v. … Assessed in light of these standards, the trial court’s ruling on the issue of qualified immunity was sound.

Williams v. O'Brien

78 Mass. App. Ct. 169 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 25, 2010

It is well established that the MCRA incorporates the standard of immunity for public officials developed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , and accordingly “public officials are not liable under the [MCRA] for their discretionary … acts, unless they have violated a right under Federal or State constitutional or statutory law that was ‘clearly established’ at the time.”

Buonocore v. Harris

65 F.3d 347 · Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Sep 12, 1995

established’ for qualified immunity purposes.” … They do broadly assert that they are entitled to qualified immunity because the right “allegedly violated” was not “clearly established.” Appellants’ Brief at 20 (emphasis added).

Orozco v. Sandoval County

District Court, D. New Mexico · Aug 27, 2020

clearly established. … Therefore, in light of Plaintiff's failure to cite to clearly established law, the Court holds that Edwards is entitled to qualified immunity.

Dolihite v. Maughon

74 F.3d 1027 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jan 23, 1996

The qualified immunity analysis requires the court to determine whether a defendant violated clearly established constitutional law. 21 In Harlow v. … is insufficient to clearly establish the law for purposes of overcoming the appellants’ qualified immunity claims in this ease. 23 In determining whether the appellants in this case are entitled to qualified immunity, we

Hamm v. Powell

874 F.2d 766 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Jun 6, 1989

Nevertheless, they did not waive their right not to be held liable for conduct that did not violate clearly established law. *771 In Harlow , the Supreme Court reshaped the doctrine of qualified immunity and held that “government … Neither Johnson nor Gilmere involved a defense of qualified immunity. .