United States First Circuit

Given the objective circumstances of an officer who refused on Fifth Amendment grounds to testify to a grand jury regarding the beating death of a fellow officer, placing him on administrative leave with pay pending the investigation was not unreasonable, thus defendants are entitled to qualified immunity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2003
• Published 05/27/2003

Judges

• BOUDIN, Chief Judge., Before Boudin, Chief Judge, Farris, Senior Circuit Judge, and Torruella, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven P. Perlmutter with whom Michael D. Lurie, Elizabeth C. Sackett and Robinson & Cole, LLP, were on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen J. Delamere with whom Bruce A. Bierhans and Law Offices of Bruce A. Bierhans, LLC, were on brief for appellees.