Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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22-17008
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Hart v. City of Redwood City
Officers' use of deadly force was objectively reasonable where the deceased was not responding to commands and quickly approaching with a raised knife. |
Qualified Immunity |
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L. VanDyke | Apr. 22, 2024 |
22-15546
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Perez v. City of Fresno
Paramedic was immune from liability for death of patient caused by requesting an officer sit on patient to help secure him for medical transport because paramedic acted with a medical purpose. |
Qualified Immunity |
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D. Forrest | Apr. 16, 2024 |
21-55994
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Estate of Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles
Although reasonable jury could have concluded officer used excessive force, qualified immunity shielded her because no precedent squarely governed shooting wounded suspect a sixth time as he attempted to stand. |
Qualified Immunity |
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D. Collins | Mar. 22, 2024 |
22-16335
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Martinez v. High
Officer who disclosed confidential report of abuse to plaintiff's abuser was entitled to qualified immunity because the violation was not yet clearly established. |
Qualified Immunity |
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R. Desai | Jan. 29, 2024 |
22-15382
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Waid v. County of Lyon
Defendants were entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment excessive force claim where officers shot the unarmed decent as he charged down a short hallway towards them. |
Qualified Immunity |
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R. Nelson | Nov. 22, 2023 |
20-56254
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Smith v. Agdeppa
Summary judgment based on qualified immunity was not proper where there was evidence in the record that contradicted the officer's description of events surrounding his use of deadly force. |
Qualified Immunity |
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M. Christen | Jan. 3, 2023 |
20-56413
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Peck v. Montoya
Deputies that did not shoot and kill decedent were entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's excessive-force claim because they were not integral participants in the constitutional violation. |
Qualified Immunity |
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E. Miller | Oct. 19, 2022 |
20-55043
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Simmons v. Arnett
Prison guard was entitled to qualified immunity because prisoner failed to satisfy his burden to show that the Eighth Amendment rights allegedly violated were clearly established. |
Qualified Immunity |
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C. Callahan | Sep. 1, 2022 |
20-16917
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Manriquez v. Ensley
Officers were entitled to qualified immunity for Fourth Amendment violation stemming from failure to amend warrant to include judge's oral authorization expanding the warrant's scope. |
Qualified Immunity |
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K. Lee | Aug. 31, 2022 |
20-17403
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Seidner v. De Vries
Police officer was entitled to qualified immunity because his use of a roadblock to stop a fleeing bicyclist was a use of reasonable force under the circumstances. |
Qualified Immunity |
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D. Forrest | Jul. 1, 2022 |
20-17144
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Hughes v. Rodriguez
Officer was not entitled to qualified immunity as to escaped inmate's claimed post-handcuff beating and dog-biting during apprehension because beating a handcuffed convict violates the Eighth Amendment. |
Qualified Immunity |
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C. Bea | Apr. 22, 2022 |
19-56462
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Estate of Najera Aguirre v. County of Riverside
Police officer was not entitled to summary judgment based on qualified immunity because evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, showed that his use of force was not objectively reasonable. |
Qualified Immunity |
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M. McKeown | Mar. 25, 2022 |
19-55274
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Benavidez v. County of San Diego
Precedent establishes right to be free from judicial deception in child custody proceedings; thus, dismissal on qualified immunity grounds was reversed. |
Qualified Immunity |
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G. Katzmann | Apr. 13, 2021 |
17-16756
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Jessop v. City of Fresno
Appellants failed to show that it was clearly established that Officers' alleged conduct violated Fourth Amendment; thus, Officers were protected by qualified immunity. |
Qualified Immunity |
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M. Smith | Sep. 5, 2019 |
17-56648
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Nicholson v. Gutierrez
Because no analogous case existed at the time, district court erred by denying officer qualified immunity on plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment substantive due process claim. |
Qualified Immunity |
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J. Nguyen | Aug. 22, 2019 |
16-55771
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Emmons v. City of Escondido
Where cited cases are not 'sufficiently similar' to place 'constitutional question beyond dispute,' qualified immunity must be granted to law enforcement officer. |
Qualified Immunity |
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P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Apr. 26, 2019 |
15-56339
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Horton v. City of Santa Maria
Case law at the time involved circumstances too distinct to establish that a reasonable officer would perceive a substantial risk that detainee would imminently attempt suicide; thus officer entitled to qualified immunity. |
Qualified Immunity |
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M. Berzon | Feb. 4, 2019 |
15-16145
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Hines v. Youseff
Right to be free from heightened exposure to Valley Fever spores in California state prisons was not clearly established at the time; thus, defendant officials were entitled to qualified immunity. |
Qualified Immunity |
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A. Kleinfeld | Feb. 4, 2019 |
17-1660
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Escondido v. Emmons
For qualified immunity to be denied, 'clearly established right at issue must be defined with specificity;' not sufficient specificity where court relies on fairly general right 'to be free of excessive force.' |
Qualified Immunity |
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P. Curiam (USSC) | Jan. 8, 2019 |
17-35267
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Whalen v. McMullen
Because it was not clearly established that officer's warrantless ruse-entry, in the context of civil investigation related to a determination of benefits eligibility, constituted 'unreasonable search,' he was entitled to qualified immunity. |
Qualified Immunity |
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J. Bybee | Oct. 31, 2018 |
17-55116
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Mellen v. Winn
Qualified immunity improperly granted in civil rights suit where officer withheld material impeachment evidence about unreliable paid informant. |
Qualified Immunity |
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K. Wardlaw | Aug. 20, 2018 |
16-16764
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Pike v. Hester
Sheriff’s sergeant who conducts nonconsensual dog search of public employee’s office is not entitled to qualified immunity where sergeant violates clearly established right. |
Qualified Immunity |
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A. Tashima | Jun. 7, 2018 |
16-15293
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Felarca v. Birgeneau
Summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds should have been granted where campus law enforcement used reasonable means to disperse Occupy Wall Street protest. |
Qualified Immunity |
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J. Wallace | Jun. 1, 2018 |
14-16207
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Amended Opinion: Demaree v. Pederson
Qualified Immunity does not protect a government official when they violate an established right a reasonable person would know. |
Qualified Immunity |
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P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Apr. 9, 2018 |
17-467
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Kisela v. Hughes
Officer is entitled to qualified immunity where officer's actions do not violate clearly established right that reasonable officer would have known. |
Qualified Immunity |
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P. Curiam (USSC) | Apr. 3, 2018 |
16-35301
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Thompson v. Copeland
Officer who pointed loaded gun at suspect's head entitled to qualified immunity when excessive force in such circumstances not clearly established under then-current law |
Qualified Immunity |
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M. McKeown | Mar. 14, 2018 |
14-16207
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Demaree v. Pederson
Qualified Immunity does not protect a government official when they violate an established right a reasonable person would know. |
Qualified Immunity |
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P. Curiam (9th Cir.) | Jan. 24, 2018 |
14-36103
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Kramer v. Cullinan
A public official is entitled to qualified immunity where publicly-available information regarding an employee's termination did not constitute liberty deprivation under the Fourteenth Amendment. |
Qualified Immunity |
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J. Rawlinson | Jan. 4, 2018 |
15-1358
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Ziglar v. Abbasi
Illegal aliens detained following September 11 attacks unsuccessful in asserting damages claims against federal officials and wardens under 'Bivens' stemming from alleged Constitutional violations. |
Qualified Immunity |
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A. Kennedy | Jun. 19, 2017 |
16-67
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White v. Pauly
Qualified immunity attaches to late-arriving officer's failure to identify himself prior to shooting because his conduct does not violate clearly established law. |
Qualified Immunity |
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Jan. 9, 2017 |