Legal Opinion

Kjellsen v. Mills

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 21, 2008No. 07-11918PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, District Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s denial of qualified immunity to Defendants-Appellants, crime lab officials and employees, in connection with the testing of Plaintiff-Appellee Richard Kj ell-sen’s (“Kjellsen”) blood samples to determine his blood alcohol level. After review and oral argument, we conclude that the facts alleged by Kjellsen, viewed in the light most favorable to him, do not show a violation of constitutional rights. Accordingly, we REVERSE and REMAND for the district judge to grant qualified immunity to Defendants-Appellants.

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2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. United States v. Valenzuela-BernalSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Kim D. Lee v. Luis FerraroCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002

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