United States Second Circuit

A qualified immunity defense can be presented in a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2004
• Published 10/18/2004

Judges

• JON O. NEWMAN, Senior Circuit Judge., Before:  NEWMAN, MINER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Melanie L. Oxhorn, Asst. Solicitor Gen., Office of N.Y. State Atty. Gen., New York, N.Y. (Eliot Spitzer, N.Y. State Atty. Gen., Michael S. Belohlavek, Dep. Solicitor Gen., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants., Kristina Jones, New York, N.Y. (Sung-Hee Suh, Stacy P. Aronowitz, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.