all - Opinion Summaries

Wolfe v. Perry

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's untimely constitutional claims, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983, is affirmed over his challenge to the district...

Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
An individual who has obtained a state-law restraining order does not have a constitutionally protected property interest in having the police enforce...

Nimely v. City of New York

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In a civil rights action alleging excessive force, judgment in favor of defendant-police officer is vacated where the erroneous admission of certain...

Nanda v. Moss

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, the district court properly denied defendant qualified immunity since he violated plaintiff's clearly...

Siggers-El v. Barlow

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a constitutional retaliation claim, defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law since he knew or should have known of the...

Johnson v. Wright

Civil Rights, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A reasonable jury could reasonably find that defendants acted with deliberate indifference to plaintiff-inmate's health when they reflexively followed...

Young v. Nickols

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), does not bar plaintiff from invoking 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to assert a claim for damages against defendant-law...

Willingham v. Crooke

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action alleging improper arrest, judgment in favor of defendant-police officer is vacated where the district court erred in...

Botello v. Gammick

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim is reversed where defendant-district attorneys are not shielded by prosecutorial immunity since their acts...

Kennedy v. City of Ridgefield

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 suit, the district court correctly determined that defendant-police officer is not entitled to qualified immunity since he violated...