United States Seventh Circuit

Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, did not work a fundamental change in the law of qualified immunity, to allow a police officer to reopen his summary judgment motion in an excessive force claim, and an appeal will not be heard under the collateral order doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/16/2002
• Decided 08/28/2002
• Published 08/28/2002

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Nathaniel Lee (argued), Lee Burns & Cossell, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Anthony W. Overholt (argued), Office of Corp. Counsel, City Counsel Legal Div., Indianapolis, IN, Jeffrey S. McQuary, Office of Corp. Counsel, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.