The Eleventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Officers Responding to an Altercation that did not
Officers of the Georgia Southern University (“GSU”) Division of Public Safety arrested Charles Rankin at a tailgate outside the football...
The Eleventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Corrections Officer after Inmate Dies of an Overdo
Sheneque Proctor was in pretrial detention at the Bessemer City jail when she died from a drug overdose. Latunja Johnson, her mother and...
The Eleventh Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity for Officers Using Physical Force on a Non-Compliant
Following his arrest for a DUI, Steven Kraus brought claims of excessive-force under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Deputy Michael Gargan,...
Prison Wardens Must Not Make “End-of-Life” Medical Decisions without Advance Consent from the Prison
On appeal, Carter Davenport, a prison warden, argued that he was entitled to qualified immunity from claims by the estate of Marquette F....