Legal Opinion

Rios v. Jenkins

District Court, W.D. Virginia

Decided July 15, 2019No. Civil Action No. 3:18CV00082Published

1Opinion of the Court

B. Fourth Amendment

In moving to dismiss the Fourth Amendment claim asserted in Count II, Jenkins contends that such claim is barred by the doctrine of qualified immunity. For the following reasons, the court agrees.

The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials from *723civil damages liability "so long as their conduct 'does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.' "5 Mullenix v. Luna, --- U.S. ----, 136 S. Ct. 305, 308, 193 L.Ed.2d 255 (2015) (quoting Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223, 231, 129 S.Ct. 808,…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Hope v. PelzerSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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