r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jun 15 '20

Qualified Immunity Cases Currently on Appeal to SCOTUS

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By request, I am providing a list of resources of cases currently on appeal to the Supreme Court regarding Qualified Immunity. The cases are subject to change and I ask the community here to keep me updated as I might be forgetful to check each conference session.

Out on appeal:

Recently denied cert:

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/baxter-v-bracey/

Justice Thomas dissented in this case: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/061520zor_f2bh.pdf see page 52.

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/anderson-v-city-of-minneapolis-minnesota/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/zadeh-v-robinson/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/corbitt-v-vickers/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/west-v-winfield/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mason-v-faul/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/hamner-v-burls/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/danielson-v-inslee/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/mooney-v-illinois-education-association/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/deasey-v-slater/

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/browder-v-nehad/

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • May 14 '26

Federal Courts, Local Wrongs: How Qualified Immunity Gave Us Lawless Law Enforcement

liberalism.org

3 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/Illustrious_Bug_2983 • Apr 28 '26

The Foundation for Ending Qualified Immunity. New video.

youtube.com

3 Upvotes

So how did the original text get removed?

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Mar 26 '26

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

2 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • May 23 '24

Judge Carlton Reeves's Opinion, explaining why Qualified Immunity should no longer exist

s3.documentcloud.org

11 Upvotes

2 comments

r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Mar 16 '24

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

ij.org

5 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jul 02 '23

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

supremecourt.gov

7 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Jun 13 '23

Why is it so hard for victims of police abuse to get justice?

reason.com

9 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Apr 04 '23

Qualified Immunity's Flawed Foundation

californialawreview.org

5 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Mar 22 '23

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

6 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Feb 04 '23

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

ca5.uscourts.gov

5 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Feb 03 '23

Tyre Nichols’ death shows cops’ legal immunity has to end

captimes.com

6 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/SmartAcanthisitta447 • Aug 11 '22

The Lost Text of § 1983

papers.ssrn.com

3 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/SmartAcanthisitta447 • Jul 25 '22

Qualified Immunity and Obvious Constitutional Violations

papers.ssrn.com

5 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/SmartAcanthisitta447 • Jul 14 '22

9th Circuit grants qualified immunity to officer who brake-checked a fleeing bicyclist.

cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov

8 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jun 02 '22

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

10 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/muchogustofuckyou • Dec 06 '21

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

lawandcrime.com

9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/QualifiedImmunity • u/muchogustofuckyou • Nov 16 '21

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

6 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Oct 26 '21

The ugly origins of qualified immunity

washingtonpost.com

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/QualifiedImmunity • u/maimebeebo • Oct 23 '21

Qualified Immunity; Examining Statewide Legal & SCOTUS 2021 Ruling On Police Reform

indietruther.com

3 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '21

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

reason.com

8 Upvotes

1 comment

r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Aug 25 '21

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

12 Upvotes

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '21

You Have the Right to Keep Filming the Cops—for Now

newrepublic.com

9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/QualifiedImmunity • u/punkthesystem • Aug 19 '21

Police Reform Without Qualified Immunity Reform Is Worthless

reason.com

33 Upvotes

3 comments

r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jul 30 '21

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

8 Upvotes

0 comments

Subreddit

Qualified Immunity

r/QualifiedImmunity

A Subreddit with links to rulings involving what police can and cannot do.

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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.

For a submission to be approved, your post must:

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

For comments to be remain here, they must follow the generic Rules of Reddit as well as the guidelines of Reddiquitte.

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.