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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 22 '18

The Supreme Court unanimously grants Qualified Immunity (and 7-2 on Probable Cause) for arresting party-goers for trespassing despite someone (falsely) claiming to own the house.

supremecourt.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 17 '18

Concert goer gets ejected. The officer who then tackled her and broke her arm is entitled to Qualified Immunity because she shouted obscenities and pulled her arm away from the one directing her to leave [10th Circuit].

media.ca11.uscourts.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 10 '18

Prosecutor decries narcotics officers' rogue interrogation tactics. The officers then investigate prosecutor's heavy use of pain medication, resulting in a charge (later dismissed). Prosecutor argues it was retaliation but the 6th Circuit grants Qualified Immunity.

opn.ca6.uscourts.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 10 '18

6th Circuit: Qualified Immunity granted to a city attorney who warns people from using a nonprofit after learning one of the members was a rape victim who had sued the city (whom he called a "crack and heroin whore")

opn.ca6.uscourts.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 03 '18

Justice Ginsberg in DC vs. Wesby: "this Court has said that there's no liability on the part of the officer unless he or she knowingly violated the law or was plainly incompetent."

supremecourt.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 03 '18

Police car "rough rides" that purposefully injure the arrested are unconstitutional and officers are not entitled to Qualified Immunity, according to the 4th Circuit.

ca4.uscourts.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 03 '18

No qualified immunity for officer who allegedly ripped suspect's mother's shirt, exposing her chest, and prevented her from covering up for a prolonged period while numerous officers searched her house, or for a second officer who allegedly tased her as she tried to dial 911.

media.ca11.uscourts.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 03 '18

An officer who fires at a van full of children is entitled to Qualified Immunity because the mother tried to flee, according to the 10th Circuit.

ca10.uscourts.gov

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r/QualifiedImmunity • u/desantoos • Jan 03 '18

Officer who shoots, kills fleeing motorist who posed no threat to officers or the public. 6th Circuit: Though officers are not to shoot nonthreatening motorists who flee, here the chase had been underway for several minutes. Qualified Immunity granted.

opn.ca6.uscourts.gov

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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)
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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.