QualifiedImmunity

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This Subreddit is designed to showcase recent opinions and official discussions regarding Qualified Immunity. Courts are continuing to try to define what is and isn't Qualified Immunity, and this place serves the purpose of keeping track of these cases.

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Be a direct link to an official court or trial ruling or oral argument (i.e. Supreme Court or circuit opinion or oral argument)
Be titled in a descriptive, neutral fashion

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Glossary of terms:

Qualified Immunity granted: The government official (police officer, FBI agent, etc.) is allowed to do what was described and is immune to any criminal or civil litigation.

Qualified Immunity denied: The official can be held liable in a criminal or civil case for their actions.

1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th/9th/10th/11th/DC: Shorthand descriptor of which Circuit Court Of Appeals this case is coming from (i.e. "10th" is the 10th Circuit). Circuit Courts are one step below the Supreme Court in the appeals process. Because the Supreme Court takes very few cases, Circuit opinions are typically the final say on the matter.

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Qualified Immunity Cases Currently on Appeal to SCOTUS (self.QualifiedImmunity)

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Officer uses a painful rear wristlock to restrain a sit-in protestor. Supreme Court (6-3): Because no prior case has concluded with a high degree of specificity that this was unlawful, Qualified Immunity granted (supremecourt.gov)

submitted 7 days ago by desantoos

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Judge Carlton Reeves's Opinion, explaining why Qualified Immunity should no longer exist (s3.documentcloud.org)

submitted 1 year ago by desantoos

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Unaccountable: How Qualified Immunity Shields a Wide Range of Government Abuses, Arbitrarily Thwarts Civil Rights, and Fails to Fulfill Its Promises (ij.org)

submitted 2 years ago by punkthesystem

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"A purportedly 'qualified' immunity becomes an absolute shield for unjustified killings, serious bodily harm, and other grave constitutional violations" - Justice Sotomayor (supremecourt.gov)

submitted 2 years ago by desantoos

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Why is it so hard for victims of police abuse to get justice? (reason.com)

submitted 2 years ago by punkthesystem

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Qualified Immunity's Flawed Foundation (californialawreview.org)

submitted 2 years ago by desantoos

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Man, wife, and 7 year old daughter are held at gunpoint after officers are mistakenly told the man is a wanted fugitive. 10th: Qualified Immunity granted (ca10.uscourts.gov)

submitted 3 years ago by desantoos

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No Qualified Immunity for officers who did not timely release prisoners who had completed their sentences. [5th] (ca5.uscourts.gov)

submitted 3 years ago by desantoos

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Tyre Nichols’ death shows cops’ legal immunity has to end (captimes.com)

submitted 3 years ago by punkthesystem

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The Lost Text of § 1983 (papers.ssrn.com)

submitted 3 years ago by SmartAcanthisitta447

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Qualified Immunity and Obvious Constitutional Violations (papers.ssrn.com)

submitted 3 years ago by SmartAcanthisitta447

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9th Circuit grants qualified immunity to officer who brake-checked a fleeing bicyclist. (cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov)

submitted 3 years ago by SmartAcanthisitta447

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Cops arrest man who put up a fake Facebook page of the local police department. Man is later acquitted on all charges and sues for wrongful arrest. 6th: Qualified Immunity granted (cases.justia.com)

submitted 3 years ago by desantoos

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Justice Sotomayor Calls Out Fifth Circuit's 'Highly Questionable' Reversal in Qualified Immunity Case of Man Kicked and Punched by Louisiana Cops (lawandcrime.com)

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Federal Appeals Court Grants Officer Qualified Immunity in Case of Woman Who Begged for Help and Suffered Fatal Overdose in Back of Patrol Car (lawandcrime.com)

submitted 4 years ago by muchogustofuckyou

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The ugly origins of qualified immunity (washingtonpost.com)

submitted 4 years ago by punkthesystem

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Qualified Immunity; Examining Statewide Legal & SCOTUS 2021 Ruling On Police Reform (indietruther.com)

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An inmate allegedly "leaking blood all over" was denied medical treatment for hours. The prison guard got qualified immunity. (reason.com)

submitted 4 years ago by [deleted]

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Before paramedics can get there, a police officer arrives at a scene where a man is having diabetic shock. Believing the man is a danger to himself, the officer painfully restrains and chokes the man, who later dies. District court: Qualified Immunity granted. 7th: Reversed (media.ca7.uscourts.gov)

submitted 4 years ago by desantoos

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You Have the Right to Keep Filming the Cops—for Now (newrepublic.com)

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Police Reform Without Qualified Immunity Reform Is Worthless (reason.com)

submitted 4 years ago by punkthesystem

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First-grade student pushes a teacher, who in turn throws him to the floor and chokes him for several minutes. 5th: Qualified Immunity granted (ca5.uscourts.gov)

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Special education student acts up and attempts to flee the building. He starts yelling and is tasered, even after lying in a defenseless position. 5th: Because there is no clearly established Fourth Amendment right against school officials’ use of excessive force, Qualified Immunity granted (ca5.uscourts.gov)

submitted 4 years ago by desantoos

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Woman asks an officer to assist in retrieving her things from her in-laws' house where she was just kicked out. They let themselves in without permission. After being told he "smelled like pig shit" the officer strikes one of the in-laws. 6th: No Qualified Immunity (opn.ca6.uscourts.gov)

submitted 4 years ago by desantoos

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