The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a Charlotte police officer's attempt to claim qualified immunity in a lawsuit linked to her fatal shooting of Danquirs Franklin in 2019.
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 3:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Do witnesses in non-courtroom hearings have immunity from being sued like they do in court?
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 3:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The issue in Zadeh v. Robinson is a doctrine called “qualified immunity.” The U.S. Supreme Court developed the doctrine in response to a federal statute—42 U.S.C. § 1983—that gives citizens the right to sue individual law enforcement officers for violations of their constitutional rights
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 2:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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