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Chinaryan v. City of Los Angeles
LAPD officers were not entitled to qualified immunity after conducting a high-risk vehicle stop based on nothing more than a reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was stolen. 		Qualified Immunity, Constitutional Law 9th Aug. 15, 2024
Scott v. Smith
No qualified immunity on Fourth Amendment excessive force claim, where police used bodyweight force on the back of a prone individual suffering from a mental illness and not suspected of a crime. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jul. 31, 2024
Rosenbaum v. City of San Jose
Officers not entitled to qualified immunity where their conduct of allowing a police dog to continue biting a suspect under control had been clearly established by precedent as violative. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jul. 12, 2024
Cuevas v. City of Tulare
Qualified immunity shielded officers from excessive force claim based on them returning fire at a suspect in a vehicle and wounding a passenger who was not suspected of any wrongdoing. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jul. 11, 2024
Calonge v. City of San Jose
An officer was not entitled to qualified immunity for using deadly force where there was conflicting evidence regarding the circumstances preceding the shooting. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jun. 10, 2024
Carley v. Aranas
Prison medical director was entitled to qualified immunity for denying treatment to inmate with Hepatitis C because there was no legal consensus regarding constitutionally sufficient treatment for such patients. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jun. 4, 2024
Hart v. City of Redwood City
Officers' use of deadly force was objectively reasonable where the deceased was not responding to commands and quickly approaching with a raised knife. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Apr. 22, 2024
Perez v. City of Fresno
Paramedic was immune from liability for death of patient caused by requesting an officer sit on patient to help secure him for medical transport because paramedic acted with a medical purpose. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Apr. 16, 2024
Estate of Hernandez v. City of Los Angeles
Although reasonable jury could have concluded officer used excessive force, qualified immunity shielded her because no precedent squarely governed shooting wounded suspect a sixth time as he attempted to stand. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Mar. 22, 2024
Martinez v. High
Officer who disclosed confidential report of abuse to plaintiff's abuser was entitled to qualified immunity because the violation was not yet clearly established. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jan. 29, 2024
Waid v. County of Lyon
Defendants were entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment excessive force claim where officers shot the unarmed decent as he charged down a short hallway towards them. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Nov. 22, 2023
Smith v. Agdeppa
Summary judgment based on qualified immunity was not proper where there was evidence in the record that contradicted the officer's description of events surrounding his use of deadly force. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jan. 3, 2023
Peck v. Montoya
Deputies that did not shoot and kill decedent were entitled to qualified immunity on plaintiff's excessive-force claim because they were not integral participants in the constitutional violation. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Oct. 19, 2022
Simmons v. Arnett
Prison guard was entitled to qualified immunity because prisoner failed to satisfy his burden to show that the Eighth Amendment rights allegedly violated were clearly established. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Sep. 1, 2022
Manriquez v. Ensley
Officers were entitled to qualified immunity for Fourth Amendment violation stemming from failure to amend warrant to include judge's oral authorization expanding the warrant's scope. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Aug. 31, 2022
Seidner v. De Vries
Police officer was entitled to qualified immunity because his use of a roadblock to stop a fleeing bicyclist was a use of reasonable force under the circumstances. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jul. 1, 2022
Hughes v. Rodriguez
Officer was not entitled to qualified immunity as to escaped inmate's claimed post-handcuff beating and dog-biting during apprehension because beating a handcuffed convict violates the Eighth Amendment. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Apr. 22, 2022
Estate of Najera Aguirre v. County of Riverside
Police officer was not entitled to summary judgment based on qualified immunity because evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, showed that his use of force was not objectively reasonable. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Mar. 25, 2022
Benavidez v. County of San Diego
Precedent establishes right to be free from judicial deception in child custody proceedings; thus, dismissal on qualified immunity grounds was reversed. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Apr. 13, 2021
Jessop v. City of Fresno
Appellants failed to show that it was clearly established that Officers' alleged conduct violated Fourth Amendment; thus, Officers were protected by qualified immunity. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Sep. 5, 2019
Nicholson v. Gutierrez
Because no analogous case existed at the time, district court erred by denying officer qualified immunity on plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment substantive due process claim. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Aug. 22, 2019
Emmons v. City of Escondido
Where cited cases are not 'sufficiently similar' to place 'constitutional question beyond dispute,' qualified immunity must be granted to law enforcement officer. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Apr. 26, 2019
Horton v. City of Santa Maria
Case law at the time involved circumstances too distinct to establish that a reasonable officer would perceive a substantial risk that detainee would imminently attempt suicide; thus officer entitled to qualified immunity. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Feb. 4, 2019
Hines v. Youseff
Right to be free from heightened exposure to Valley Fever spores in California state prisons was not clearly established at the time; thus, defendant officials were entitled to qualified immunity. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Feb. 4, 2019
Escondido v. Emmons
For qualified immunity to be denied, 'clearly established right at issue must be defined with specificity;' not sufficient specificity where court relies on fairly general right 'to be free of excessive force.' 		Qualified Immunity USSC Jan. 8, 2019
Whalen v. McMullen
Because it was not clearly established that officer's warrantless ruse-entry, in the context of civil investigation related to a determination of benefits eligibility, constituted 'unreasonable search,' he was entitled to qualified immunity. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Oct. 31, 2018
Mellen v. Winn
Qualified immunity improperly granted in civil rights suit where officer withheld material impeachment evidence about unreliable paid informant. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Aug. 20, 2018
Pike v. Hester
Sheriff’s sergeant who conducts nonconsensual dog search of public employee’s office is not entitled to qualified immunity where sergeant violates clearly established right. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jun. 7, 2018
Felarca v. Birgeneau
Summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds should have been granted where campus law enforcement used reasonable means to disperse Occupy Wall Street protest. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Jun. 1, 2018
Amended Opinion: Demaree v. Pederson
Qualified Immunity does not protect a government official when they violate an established right a reasonable person would know. 		Qualified Immunity 9th Apr. 9, 2018
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