On May 22, 2022, Michael Jennings, a pastor at a church in Childersburg, Alabama, was watering his out-of-town neighbor's ...

1 Not only does current qualified immunity doctrine allow law enforcement officers to arrest and hold the wrong person—sometimes for an extended period—without liability, it also inhibits the ...

A New Jersey woman who was arrested and spent two weeks behind bars over a mistaken identity cannot sue the U.S. marshals who arrested her because they are protected by qualified immunity ...

Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida and radio host Charlamagne Tha God on Tuesday joined forces to fact-check former CNN commentator Angela Rye on qualified immunity for police.

In a remarkable dissent, a federal appellate court judge called for the abolition of qualified immunity, which he derided as an “ill-founded, court-made doctrine.” Under qualified immunity ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court in Mississippi denied a detective’s bid for qualified immunity in this lawsuit brought by a man who spent two years in prison for capital murder before he was declared ...

In an unpublished opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the officers were not entitled to qualified immunity, a judicial doctrine that shields government officials from ...

A federal appellate court has rejected qualified immunity for a San Jose police officer who infamously shot an activist in the groin with a projectile during George Floyd-related protests downtown ...

prosecutorial immunity, qualified immunity, and municipal immunity. James Ho testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in ... [+] Washington, Wednesday ...

The Circuit Court, however, upheld qualified immunity for one other Mesa officer ... 2006 in Maricopa County for offenses such a credit card theft and burglary, is currently in state prison.

Monroe County is expanding access to public transportation by allowing qualified passengers to use RTS with the swipe of an ...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week yanked qualified immunity from a Mesa police sergeant who is being sued for allegedly using excessive force on a handcuffed suspect during a 2018 arrest ...