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Police may be sued for releasing mentally ill detainee 

Published: May 1, 2012

Tags: civil rights, qualified immunity, §1983

Police officers who arrested a woman who exhibited symptoms of a mental health disorder in a safe location but released her into a dangerous neighborhood may be sued under §1983, the 7th Circuit has ruled.

Police aren’t liable for no-knock, nighttime search 

Published: April 20, 2012

Tags: Fourth Amendment, knock and announce rule, qualified immunity, search and seizure, §1983

Police were entitled to qualified immunity when sued for violating the Fourth Amendment by conducting a no-knock, nighttime search of a home, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

CIVIL RIGHTS 

Published: April 17, 2012

Tags: qualified immunity, §1983

A private lawyer can claim qualified immunity from a suit under §1983 over his actions in representing a public employer in an internal affairs investigation.

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Private lawyer is immune from suit under §1983 

Published: April 17, 2012

Tags: qualified immunity, sick leave, Supreme Court, §1983

A private lawyer can claim qualified immunity from a suit under §1983 over his actions in representing a public employer in an internal affairs investigation, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision.

Police not liable for Taser death 

Published: February 29, 2012

Tags: Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, Taser, §1983

Police were entitled to immunity when sued for causing the death of a deranged man who had been subdued through the repeated use of Tasers, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

Police aren’t liable for executing ‘overbroad’ warrant 

Published: February 22, 2012

Tags: civil rights, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, search and seizure, §1983

Police officers were immune from being sued for violating the Fourth Amendment by executing a purportedly overbroad “all firearms” search warrant, the U.S Supreme Court has ruled.

CIVIL RIGHTS 

Published: February 22, 2012

Tags: civil rights, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, search and seizure, §1983

Police officers were immune from being sued for violating the Fourth Amendment by executing a purportedly overbroad “all firearms” search warrant.

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U.S. Supreme Court. Messerschmidt v. Millender, No. 10-704.  Feb.
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Officers entitled to qualified immunity despite warrantless entry 

Published: January 23, 2012

Tags: civil rights, Fourth Amendment, qualified immunity, §1983

The Fourth Amendment permitted police officers to enter a residence without a warrant if they had a reasonable basis for concluding that there was an imminent threat to their safety and the safety of others, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in granting the officers in the case qualified immunity.

§1983 – QUALIFIED IMMUNITY 

Published: January 23, 2012

Tags: qualified immunity, §1983

Because the Fourth Amendment permitted police officers to enter a residence if they had a reasonable basis for concluding that there was an imminent threat to their safety and the safety of others, they were entitled to qualified immunity despite the lack of a warrant.

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U.S. Supreme Court. Ryburn v. Huff, No. 11-208. Jan. 23, 2012. Lawyers USA No. 993-3510.

ABA weighs in on suit over lawyer’s immunity 

Published: January 20, 2012

Tags: ABA, American Bar Association, qualified immunity

The American Bar Association has weighed in on a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether a lawyer in private practice hired by a city can claim qualified immunity from a civil rights lawsuit.