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Pearson v. Callahan  ·  2009  ·  204 pinpoint citations from 105 cases, 65 distinct passages.

Calvin Lyndell Dibrell v. Roger Rex, Jr.  ·  2025-11-25  ·  Sixth Circuit  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“A § 1983 claim for excessive force in effectuating an arrest accrues at the time of arrest.”
Wilderness v. Neal  ·  2025-09-22  ·  N.D. Indiana  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“The relevant, dispositive inquiry in determining whether a right is clearly established is whether it would be clear to a reasonable officer that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted.”
Villasenor v. Miller  ·  2025-07-30  ·  W.D. Texas  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Saez v. Judicial Branch  ·  2025-03-31  ·  D. Connecticut  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“A comparator is an employee similarly situated to the plaintiff in all relevant respects. The quantity and quality of the comparator’s misconduct must be nearly identical to prevent courts from second-guessing employers’ reasonable decisions and confusing apples with oranges.”
Robinson v. Clark  ·  2025-03-05  ·  E.D. Arkansas  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“Even if [actions taken to address jail overcrowding] were unreasonable, and [jail officials] might have done various things to prevent the blow [plaintiff] endured, ‘reasonableness is a negligence standard’ and negligence cannot give rise to an Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claim.”
Simpson v. Johnson  ·  2025-03-03  ·  S.D. Georgia  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“By 1998, our precedent clearly established that government officials may not use gratuitous force against a prisoner who has been already subdued . . . .”
Robinson v. Clark  ·  2025-02-10  ·  E.D. Arkansas  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“Even if [actions taken to address jail overcrowding] were unreasonable, and [jail officials] might have done various things to prevent the blow [plaintiff] endured, ‘reasonableness is a negligence standard’ and negligence cannot give rise to an Eighth Amendment failure-to-protect claim.”
DeGroat v. Cordero  ·  2024-09-27  ·  D. New Mexico  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“If an officer reasonably, but mistakenly, believed that a suspect was likely to fight back … the officer would be justified in using more force than in fact was needed.”
Gross v. Sanchez  ·  2024-08-29  ·  E.D. New York  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“Although it is possible for a qualified immunity defense to succeed on a motion to dismiss, such a defense ‘faces a formidable hurdle . . . and is usually not successful.’”
Smith Land Company, Inc v. City of Fairlawn, Ohio  ·  2024-03-13  ·  N.D. Ohio  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“[W]e have made clear that the ‘driving force’ behind creation of the qualified immunity doctrine was a desire to ensure that ‘ “insubstantial claims” against government officials [will] be resolved prior to discovery. ”
Roberts v. Burtz  ·  2024-01-25  ·  M.D. Florida  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“By 1998, [Eleventh Circuit] precedent clearly established that government officials may not use gratuitous force against a prisoner who has been already subdued[.]”
Smith Land Company, Inc v. City of Fairlawn, Ohio  ·  2023-09-21  ·  N.D. Ohio  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“[W]e have made clear that the ‘driving force’ behind creation of the qualified immunity doctrine was a desire to ensure that ‘ “insubstantial claims” against government officials [will] be resolved prior to discovery. ”
Inendino v. Nance-Holt  ·  2023-03-03  ·  N.D. Illinois  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“When qualified immunity is asserted at the pleading stage, the precise factual basis for the plaintiff’s claim or claims may be hard to identify.”
Livingston v. State Of Texas  ·  2022-09-29  ·  S.D. Texas  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Ramirez v. Escajeda  ·  2022-05-31  ·  W.D. Texas  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“[A] municipality . . . does not have qualified immunity from suit.”
Fox v. Fort  ·  2022-03-22  ·  W.D. Washington  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“There are cases in which it is plain that a 5 constitutional right is not clearly established but far from obvious whether in fact there is such a 6 right.”
DeLong v. Carrillo  ·  2021-09-13  ·  E.D. California  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“The 2 linchpin of qualified immunity is the reasonableness of the official’s conduct.”
Ruiz v. Ahern  ·  2021-09-03  ·  N.D. California  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“If an officer reasonably, but mistakenly, 27 1 than in fact was needed.”
Prude v. Fruehbrodt  ·  2021-03-16  ·  E.D. Wisconsin  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“In some cases, a discussion of why the relevant facts do not violate clearly established law may make it apparent that in fact the relevant facts do not make out a constitutional violation at all.”
Froemming v. City of West Allis  ·  2021-02-05  ·  E.D. Wisconsin  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“In some cases, a discussion of why the relevant facts do not violate clearly established law may make it apparent that in fact the relevant facts do not make out a constitutional violation at all.”
Davis v. Wernick  ·  2021-01-29  ·  District of Columbia  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“[B]ecause the Tucker Act, in coordination with the Fifth Amendment, provides an express remedy for plaintiff’s takings claim against defendant . . . the court does not imply a cause of action for such claims under Bivens.”
Luze v. New Fb Co.  ·  2020-12-09  ·  South Dakota Supreme Court  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“Although ‘[w]e approach the reconsideration of [our] decisions . . . with the utmost caution,’ ‘[s]tare decisis is not an inexorable command.’”
Blankenship v. Stewart  ·  2020-11-20  ·  D. Nevada  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials from liability for civil 18 damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional 19 rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”
Roe v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education  ·  2020-09-22  ·  W.D. North Carolina  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
“Officials are not liable for bad guesses in gray areas; they are liable for transgressing bright lines.”
Randy Cole v. Michael Hunter  ·  2019-08-21  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“Qualified immunity is lost if a case is erroneously permitted to go to trial.”
Randy Cole v. Michael Hunter  ·  2019-08-21  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“Qualified immunity is lost if a case is erroneously permitted to go to trial.”
Randy Cole v. Michael Hunter  ·  2019-08-21  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“Qualified immunity is lost if a case is erroneously permitted to go to trial.”
Randy Cole v. Michael Hunter  ·  2019-08-20  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
"Qualified immunity is lost if a case is erroneously permitted to go to trial."
Marcus Torry v. City of Chicago  ·  2019-08-02  ·  Seventh Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
"[C]ourts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first ...."
United States v. Doe  ·  2019-07-26  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
"The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand."
John Doe v. Purdue University  ·  2019-06-28  ·  Seventh Circuit  ·  pin 555 U.S. at 223
“When qualified immunity is asserted at the pleading stage, the pre- cise factual basis for the plaintiff’s claim or claims may be hard to identify.”
John Doe v. Purdue University  ·  2019-06-28  ·  Seventh Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
"When qualified immunity is asserted at the pleading stage, the precise factual basis for the plaintiff's claim or claims may be hard to identify."
Milligan v. Singer  ·  2019-05-30  ·  Supreme Court of Arkansas  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
"Where a decision has been questioned by Members of the Court in later decisions and [has] defied consistent application by the lower courts, these factors weigh in favor of reconsideration."
Fitzgerald v. Cnty. of Lehigh  ·  2019-04-04  ·  E.D. Pennsylvania  ·  pin 129 S. Ct. at 808
"There are cases in which it is plain that a constitutional right is not clearly established but far from obvious whether in fact there is such a right."
Holmes v. Grant Cnty. Sheriff Dep't  ·  2018-09-26  ·  D. New Mexico  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
"Qualified immunity is applicable unless the official's conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right."
Richardson v. Sauls  ·  2018-06-18  ·  D.C. Circuit  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 565
"The judges of the district courts ... should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand."
Smith v. Dist. of Columbia  ·  2018-03-30  ·  D.C. Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
"The principles of qualified immunity shield an officer from personal liability when an officer reasonably believes that his or her conduct complies with the law."
Dontrell Stephens v. Ric Bradshaw  ·  2018-01-10  ·  Eleventh Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 S. Ct. at 223
“If an officer reasonably, but mistakenly, believed that a suspect was likely to fight back, for instance, the officer would be justified in using more force than in fact ;was needed.”
Sharese M. Wells v. Cullen Talton  ·  2017-05-30  ·  Eleventh Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
“Qualified immunity is applicable unless the official’s conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right.”
Knight Ex Rel. Kerr v. Miami-Dade County  ·  2017-05-05  ·  Eleventh Circuit  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“Qualified immunity balances two important interests—the need to hold public officials accountable when they exercise power irresponsibly and the need to shield officials from harassment, distraction, and liability when they perform their duties reasonably.”
Stanley v. Gallegos  ·  2017-03-17  ·  Tenth Circuit  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“Qualified immunity balances two important interests—the need to hold public officials accountable when they exercise power irresponsibly and the need to shield officials from harassment, distraction, and liability when they perform their duties reasonably.”
Clark Ex Rel. Estate of Burkinshaw v. Bowcutt  ·  2017-01-05  ·  Tenth Circuit  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Vasquez v. Davis  ·  2016-12-28  ·  D. Colorado  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals [may] exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Harold Fish v. Tim Brown  ·  2016-10-03  ·  Eleventh Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
“On reconsidering the procedure required in Saucier, we conclude that, while the sequence set forth there is often appropriate, it should no longer be regarded as mandatory.”
Bustillos v. El Paso County Hospital District  ·  2016-06-06  ·  W.D. Texas  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Victoria R. Ducre v. Ryan K. Archer  ·  2016-05-25  ·  Eleventh Circuit  ·  pin 172 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Trump Tight, LLC v. Bell  ·  2016-05-18  ·  E.D. Virginia  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“[Jjudges of the district courts and the courts of appeals should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand”
Brian Olsen v. City of Henderson  ·  2016-04-15  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
“The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials ‘from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.’ ”
Doe v. Town of Wayland  ·  2016-04-13  ·  D. Massachusetts  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 565
“The judges of .the district courts ... should be permitted to exercise their sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the particular circumstances in the particular case at hand.”
Jones v. Lafferty  ·  2016-03-29  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 129 L. Ed. 2d at 223
“An officer conducting a search is entitled to qualified immunity where clearly established law does not show that the search violated the Fourth Amendment.”
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