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Los Angeles Times
5 days ago
Coronavirus

Supreme Court denies California's plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin

California prison officials denied immunity for COVID-19 transfer leading to outbreak at San Quentin, facing lawsuits now. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
1 month ago
Los Angeles

LAPD officer kept shooting after suspect was down, but court says law protects her

Qualified immunity protects LAPD officer in controversial shooting case.
Officer shielded from federal claims despite using excessive force. [ more ]
Above the Law
3 months ago
Law

Immunity Denied To Cop Who Ticketed A Man For Telling The Cop To Turn On His Headlights

Cops arresting people for saying things to them is unconstitutional retaliation.
Qualified immunity often protects officers from facing consequences for rights violations. [ more ]
Above the Law
3 months ago
Law

Officers Beat You Up In Front Of Your House? Good Luck Using Bivens

The Tenth Circuit rejected a Bivens claim against U.S. Marshals who beat a man unconscious, highlighting the absurdity of the Bivens doctrine.
The court suggests that the Supreme Court may need to reconsider or overrule the Bivens doctrine due to its absurd results. [ more ]
ABA Journal
3 months ago
Law

Arrested citizen journalist wasn't 'martyr' for journalism, 5th Circuit says in tossing her First Amendment suit

Qualified immunity protects police and prosecutors in a lawsuit filed by a citizen journalist arrested for publishing nonpublic information.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans ruled in favor of the defendants' qualified immunity, tossing the citizen journalist's suit. [ more ]
ABA Journal
3 months ago
Law

Controversial qualified immunity doctrine faces tests in Louisiana

Qualified immunity is a controversial doctrine that protects law enforcement officers from lawsuits.
Louisiana has become a testing ground for challenges to qualified immunity. [ more ]
Poynter
3 months ago
US politics

As he seeks immunity, Donald Trump uses flawed logic to compare presidents and police officers - Poynter

Former President Donald Trump is petitioning the courts for legal immunity for his actions as president.
He is comparing the need for presidential immunity to the qualified immunity that police officers have. [ more ]
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