This 2-1 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest decision shielding police from liability based on ...

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Where it was clearly established that a pretrial detainee has a Fourteenth Amendment right to receive adequate medical care ...

The ruling is the second this year that attorney Tracey Hinson has won from the Third Circuit. In January, the court ruled that a Newark police officer is not entitled to qualified immunity in a civil ...

Law enforcement officers sometimes make split-second decisions that turn out wrong. But in the case of Sylvia Gonzalez, a mayor, police chief and special detective spent weeks considering ways to ...

Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri's denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity to two ...

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are trying to negotiate a bipartisan bill to reform federal policing laws, and qualified immunity is a key sticking point. Qualified immunity protects government officials, ...

The 9th Circuit Court ruled that a Nevada police officer who struck a suspect after a chase cannot be sued, reinforcing ...