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Robbins v. Bureau of Land Management
252 F. Supp. 2d 1286 · District Court, D. Wyoming · Mar 21, 2003
Qualified Immunity. … A federal employee is entitled to qualified immunity if his conduct was objectively reasonable in light of the clearly established rights at issue.
Cited 6 timesPublishedUnited States v. Howard Taylor
728 F.2d 930 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 12, 1984
Because this testimony clearly indicated to the jury that the bank was federally insured on August 7, 1981, the date of the robbery, it satisfied the proof requirement established in Shively and Knop . … a defense witness was clearly dictum. 6 .
Cited 49 timesPublished966 F.2d 292 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 1, 1992
Fitzgerald for determining qualified immunity, see 457 U.S. 800, 819 , 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738 , 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (Í982) (whether an official is protected by qualified immunity depends upon the “objective legal reasonableness” … We agree with McDonald that Black clearly establishes that the force described in the complaint, if true, was constitutionally proscribed.
Cited 171 timesPublishedKrites v. Wayne County Schools Career Center Board of Education
District Court, N.D. Ohio · Mar 30, 2023
“To avoid the shield of qualified immunity, a plaintiff must properly plead ‘facts showing (1) that the official violated a statutory or constitutional right, and (2) that the right was clearly established at the time of … Defendants assert that Defendant Crain4 “is entitled to qualified immunity from suit because Plaintiff failed to establish that her due process rights were violated.”
Cited 0 timesUnknownMarques A. Johnson v. James Dunn
83 F.4th 896 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Oct 2, 2023
Dunn moved to dismiss Count I of both the initial and amended complaints on the ground that the doctrine of qualified immunity immunized him from suit. … established” prong of the qualified immunity analysis, I stop here and conclude that Officer Dunn is entitled to qualified immunity and that we need not address the first prong.
Cited 0 timesPublished933 F.3d 696 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 1, 2019
for qualified immun- ity. … Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine that “protects govern- ment officials ‘from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or con- stitutional rights
Cited 147 timesPublishedDillon Burnett v. Josh Griffith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · May 12, 2022
Whether Sergeant Griffith is entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law Qualified immunity shields government officials from civil-damages liability for violations of “clearly established statutory or constitutional … established” prong of the qualified-immunity analysis.
Cited 0 timesPublished225 Ariz. 484 · Court of Appeals of Arizona · Sep 28, 2010
Qualified immunity protects government officials from civil liability if a reasonable government official could have believed his actions to be lawful, in the light of clearly established law and the information he possessed … Officials are entitled to the protections of qualified immunity, unless “the law clearly proscribed the actions” that were taken. Mitchell v.
Cited 2 timesPublishedDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · Aug 22, 2022
Callahan, 555 U.S. 223, 236 (2009) ("[C]ourts may grant qualified immunity on the ground that a purported right was not 'clearly established' by prior case law, without resolving the often more difficult question whether … "Qualified immunity attaches when an official's conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." White v.
Cited 0 timesUnknownMarshall v. County of San Diego
238 Cal. App. 4th 1095 · California Court of Appeal · Jul 22, 2015
The defense of qualified immunity "A government official sued under [section] 1983 is entitled to qualified immunity unless the official violated a statutory or constitutional right that was clearly established … immunity unless they violated a "clearly established" constitutional right.
Cited 19 timesPublishedWilliams v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety
District Court, S.D. Mississippi · Jul 7, 2025
Reaching only the first element, the Court finds Williams has not sufficiently rebutted qualified immunity “by establishing that [Tindell’s] allegedly wrongful conduct violated clearly established law.” , 117 F.3d … Reaching only the first element, the Court finds Williams has not sufficiently rebutted qualified immunity “by establishing that [Tindell’s] allegedly wrongful conduct violated clearly established law.” , 117 F.3d at 872
Cited 0 timesUnknownCunningham ex rel Gaines v. Baltimore Cnty.
Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jun 25, 2024
Because the law was not clearly established at the time, qualified immunity is proper. … Alternatively, the Defendants argued that Corporal Ruby was entitled to qualified immunity because he did not violate clearly established law.
Cited 0 timesPublishedKelly McSean v. Chris Chamberlain
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Aug 14, 2024
Foote, 782 F.3d 968, 969-70 (8th Cir. 2015) (complaint may be sua sponte dismissed on preservice screening based on qualified-immunity defense if it is established on face of complaint); cf. … Beard, 97 F.4th at 1115-16 (affirming denial of qualified immunity on unreasonable-search claim because it was clearly established that a degrading, humiliating, or abusive strip search of an arrestee violated the Fourth
Cited 0 timesUnpublished219 F. Supp. 3d 645 · District Court, S.D. Ohio · Nov 7, 2016
The Court “review[s] an assertion of qualified immunity to determine only whether the complaint ‘adequately alleges the commission of acts that violated clearly established law.’ ” Back v. … Majarian is entitled to qualified immunity because Doe has stated no specific allegations that Majarian violated clearly established law by failing to disclose key impeachment evidence.
Cited 109 timesPublished439 F.3d 818 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Mar 3, 2006
The doctrine of qualified immunity protects governmental officials from civil liability when “ ‘their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have … was one of clearly established law.
Cited 33 timesPublishedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Aug 11, 2008
But the court denied the defendants’ request for qualified immunity on Back’s political-affiliation claims, holding that Back had adequately alleged a clearly established constitutional violation. … P. 12(b)(6), so we review an assertion of qualified immunity to determine only whether the complaint “adequately alleges the commission of acts that violated clearly established law,” Mitchell v.
Cited 0 timesPublished980 F.3d 1292 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Nov 20, 2020
the Guard One system. 7 The district court denied qualified immunity to the remaining nine defendants, finding that Rico had a clearly established right to be free from sleep deprivation caused by excessive noise. … a clearly established right.
Cited 64 timesPublishedDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · Dec 13, 2019
Qualified Immunity Although qualified immunity is expansive, a government official “who performs an act clearly established to be beyond the scope of his discretionary authority” is not entitled … Qualified Immunity In contrast to Count One, Count Three involves a public employer’s well-established authority to limit employees’ speech, so qualified immunity applies.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · Aug 27, 2019
Under the doctrine of qualified immunity, “‘government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory … City of Troy, 247 F.3d 633, 641 (6th Cir. 2001) (“This circuit has held that the right to be free from excessive force . . . is a clearly established right for purposes of the qualified immunity analysis.”).
Cited 0 timesUnknown687 F. App'x 587 · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Apr 18, 2017
Qualified immunity should not be available to Defendant Heather Smith for violating Marble’s clearly established due process right to question the witness upon which the allegation of a parole violation was based. … His clearly established right to a hearing was effectively vitiated. Applying the doctrine of qualified immunity in this situation serves no legitimate purpose.
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