United States Third Circuit

Qualified immunity and summary judgement in favor of police officers is granted where they made a good faith judgment to not break down victim's door in response to a 911 call, and they were not deliberately indifferent to plaintiff's constitutional rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/25/2002
• Decided 02/20/2003
• Published 02/20/2003

Judges

• BEFORE: NYGAARD and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges, and SLEET, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jane L. Istvan (Argued), Elise Bruhl, City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marc L. Fleischaker,Anne L. Milem, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, and David Rudovsky (Argued), Kairys, Rudovsky, Epstein, Messing & Rau, Philadelphia, for Appellees., Terry L. Fromson, Women's Law Project, Philadelphia, PA, for Amici-Appellees.