Vol. 27 No. 7 – Qualified Immunity Is Available When Actions Are Objectively Reasonable

QUALIFIED IMMUNITY IS AVAILABLE WHEN ACTIONS ARE OBJECTIVELY REASONABLE On February 22, 2012, in the case of Messerschmidt et al. v. Millender et al., the United States Supreme Court reversed a decision from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals which had denied officers qualified immunity from civil liability after they executed a search warrant issued […]