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30 F.3d 1390 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Sep 2, 1994
Thus, to overcome the defendants' qualified immunity, Mrs. … Belcher's death no decision had clearly established that Chief Anderson's actions or inactions constituted deliberate indifference, he is entitled to qualified immunity. 40 2.
Cited 82 timesPublishedDavid Lee v. City of Portsmouth
2002 DNH 064 · District Court, D. New Hampshire · Mar 19, 2002
"Clearly established for the purposes of qualified immunity means that the contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." … The next step is to ask whether the right to be free from excessive force under the facts alleged was clearly established.
Cited 0 timesPublished424 F. App'x 777 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Jun 1, 2011
“Qualified immunity protects governmental officials from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have … “The qualified immunity inquiry has two prongs: whether a constitutional violation occurred, and whether the violated right was ‘clearly established’ at the time of the violation.” Id. at 1166-67.
Cited 1 timesUnpublishedPierson v. Itawamba County, Mississippi
District Court, N.D. Mississippi · Jun 3, 2020
Thomas, 843 F.3d 172, 177 (Sth Cir. 2016) (“Qualified immunity protects officers from suit unless their conduct violates a clearly established constitutional right.”) (quoting Mace v. … Qualified immunity calls for a bifurcated test in which the court must first determine (1) “whether the plaintiff has alleged a violation of a clearly established statutory or constitutional right that was clearly established
Cited 0 timesUnknown881 F.2d 427 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 4, 1989
Under the Harlow standard, qualified immunity should be granted when the official's conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. … right allegedly violated must have been clearly established in a particularized sense.
Cited 22 timesPublishedDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · Sep 6, 2024
At this stage of the litigation, these averments are sufficient to establish that Defendants Ferrari and Heine violated clearly established law for the purposes of qualified immunity. See Dayoub v. … Additionally, the “clearly established” test relates only to a qualified immunity, not a sovereign immunity, analysis. Brautigam, 684 F.
Cited 0 timesUnknownJack E. Turner v. E. T. Raynes and Bill Edd Jones
611 F.2d 92 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jan 31, 1980
Sheriff Jones’ Qualified Immunity The court below entered summary judgment for Sheriff Jones grounded in his qualified official immunity. This must be upheld. … Searching for clues to the Court’s position, however, we cannot ignore another possible reading of footnote 7: that only a clearly inordinate exercise of unconferred jurisdiction by a judge — one so crass as to establish
Cited 36 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Jan 19, 2024
Burrows is also entitled to qualified immunity because his acts were authorized by a court order and thus did not violate Keesee’s clearly established statutory rights. See Frierson v. Goetz, 227 F. … Louis, 39 F.4th 494, 507 (8th Cir. 2022) (reversing denial of qualified immunity “because it is not clearly established that the intracorporate conspiracy doctrine does not apply to § 1983 conspiracy claims”).
Cited 0 timesUnknown332 Md. 481 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Nov 1, 1993
established *493 by the State Treasurer. … We held that § 17-107(b) established a more limited waiver of the State’s immunity, without the precondi *496 tion of timely notice before suit was filed. Id. 327 Md. at 41 , 607 A.2d 552 .
Cited 142 timesPublishedDonna Singer v. State of Maine, John Lafaver
49 F.3d 837 · Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · Apr 13, 1995
Qualified immunity shields public officials performing discretionary functions “from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a … In applying these principles to a recent qualified immunity determination, the Supreme Court stated: “A necessary concomitant to the determination of whether the constitutional right asserted by a plaintiff is ‘clearly established
Cited 47 timesPublishedDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · Mar 6, 2023
Alternatively, The defendants assert that they are entitled to qualified immunity because the rights allegedly violated were not clearly established at the time of the violation. (Id.) … the right was clearly established.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, District of Columbia · Jan 9, 2020
Defendants contend that plaintiff has pled no facts to support a § 1983 claim and that they “are therefore entitled to qualified immunity.” Defs.’ Mot. at 1. … It concludes nonetheless that the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity since the allegations fail to show their violation of a “clearly established statutory or constitutional right.” Harlow v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · Jul 14, 2020
Qualified immunity “shields officials 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.’” … In response to defendants’ motion for summary judgment as to qualified immunity, plaintiff does not identify a case that clearly establishes that his constitutional rights were violated.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · Aug 29, 2024
It is unclear whether providers hired by a prison to provide care to inmates can raise the qualified immunity defense. See Currie v. … constitutional right was ‘clearly established" at the time of the official's alleged misconduct.").
Cited 0 timesUnknownRudolph STECKL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOTOROLA, INC., Defendant-Appellee
703 F.2d 392 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Apr 4, 1983
We agree with the district court that Steckl had established a prima facie case of discrimination as required by Texas Department of Community Affairs v. … He was clearly within the protected class, had applied for an available position for which he was qualified, and was denied a promotion which was given to a younger person.
Cited 265 timesPublishedCitizens in Charge, Inc. v. Jon Husted
810 F.3d 437 · Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Jan 19, 2016
Public officials thus are eligible for qualified immunity if (1) they did not violate any constitutional guarantees or (2) the guarantee, even if violated, was not “clearly established” at the time of the alleged misconduct … Far from being clearly established, the plaintiffs’ rights under the Dormant Commerce Clause have not yet been established at all.
Cited 86 timesPublished479 F.3d 1292 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · Mar 27, 2007
The district court further found this seizure to be unlawful and ruled that Officer Carr w as not entitled to qualified immunity from suit because his conduct violated a “clearly established” constitutional right under … In order for the law to be considered clearly established at the second step of the Saucier analysis, we have explained that “‘there must be a Supreme Court or Tenth Circuit decision on point, or the clearly established
Cited 54 timesPublishedDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · Sep 29, 2020
Thus, Plaintiff has not established a constitutional violation for failure to protect and the Court need not proceed to the qualified immunity analysis. … Therefore, even if deliberate indifference could be established on this record, Defendants Balicki and Surrency, in their individual capacities, would be entitled to qualified immunity.
Cited 0 timesUnknown238 F.3d 1006 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Jan 30, 2001
The Co-Owners of this Regime shall have the right to use said recreational facilities jointly with other property regimes established or to be established by the Developer or such other persons who are licenses or guests … To establish constructive fraud under Arkansas law, the misrepresentation must be material. See Scollard v. Scollard, 329 Ark. 83 , 947 S.W.2d 345, 348 (1997).
Cited 9 timesPublished405 F.3d 115 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Dec 21, 2004
On the basis of the foregoing, we hold that defendants did not have fair notice of section 240.30(l)’s purported unconstitutionality and that the District Court erred in denying Detectives Li and Lu qualified immunity on … CONCLUSION The portion of the District Court’s judgment denying defendants qualified immunity is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the District Court with instructions to enter summary judgment in favor of defendants
Cited 24 timesPublished
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