Case law

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

John M. Gainor v. Scott Rogers City of Moorhead, a Minnesota Municipality and John Doe

973 F.2d 1379 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Oct 9, 1992

qualified immunity. … Mitchell once again makes clear what the court’s objective analysis should be on such a motion: Unless the plaintiff’s allegations state a claim of violation of clearly established law, a defendant pleading qualified immunity

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.

Cruz v. City of Laramie

239 F.3d 1183 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Feb 15, 2001

Clearly Established Law The district court also found, in applying the second part of the test, that the constitutional right allegedly violated was clearly established and that defendants acted unreasonably. … While the federal qualified immunity standard focuses on whether a right was clearly established such that the officers would know their conduct violated that right, state law immunity in Wyoming requires that the officers

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

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.”

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.

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.").

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

Mark A. Campbell v. Kevin Kallas

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 19, 2019

As relevant here, the judge rejected the claim of qualified immunity, concluding that caselaw clearly established a constitutional right to effective medical treatment. We reverse. … Because no case clearly establishes that denying treatment beyond hormone therapy is unconstitu- tional, qualified immunity applies regardless.

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. .

Yorzinski v. City of New York

175 F. Supp. 3d 69 · District Court, S.D. New York · Mar 31, 2016

Qualified Immunity Police officers are immune from liability in § 1983 in suits brought against them in their individual capacities if “their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights … The Second Circuit has explained that “[e]ven whei’e the plaintiffs federal rights and the scope of the official’s permissible conduct are clearly established, the qualified immunity defense protects a government actor if

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

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.”

Rogers v. County of San Joaquin

487 F.3d 1288 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · May 29, 2007

Reasonable Official: 30 In order to assess Royal's claim of qualified immunity, we must conduct a two-part analysis: "1) Was the law governing the official's conduct clearly established? … medical neglect was not clearly established.