Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know her actions were unconstitutional.

The officers argued that they should receive qualified immunity in the federal lawsuit filed by Cedric “CJ” Lofton’s brother.

The proposals to overturn legislation overhauling higher education, eliminate property taxes and end qualified immunity will ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a case involving a Massachusetts public school teacher who sued on free ...

Oregon corrections officials will have to defend claims that they violated prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect them from exposure to Covid-19, a federal appeals court said.

McKenzie, 58, was charged by the Portsmouth Police Department with sexual assault and simple assault of a minor at Gibbs ...

Qualified Immunity. Texas Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man Is Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity Former Rusk County deputy Shane Iverson can now be sued for the 2022 fatal shooting of Timothy Michael ...

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

A federal appeals court reversed a prior ruling that shielded a Los Angeles police officer from being sued for a fatal shooting, a decision that could have broad implications for future cases that ...

U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky ruled that the “individual defendants should have known that there was no probable cause ...

Last March, a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit ruled that even though a jury could have reasonably found McBride used excessive force, she could not be sued in federal court due to qualified ...