How to Use qualified immunity in a Sentence

qualified immunity

noun

• The doctrine of qualified immunity is based on that premise.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• Guerra was not protected by qualified immunity, the court said, and the case ought to proceed.
  — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
• When Perez filed his suit, Fontana argued that the case should not go forward because the officers had qualified immunity.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
• Justices Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor have each criticized qualified immunity, but the court requires four votes to take up a case.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
• Bailey has filed for qualified immunity in the lawsuit.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• Some states have sought to restrict the application of qualified immunity as a defense in law enforcement cases, but Wisconsin is not one of them.
  — Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2024
• As its name suggests, qualified immunity is a partial shield for state and local officials against Section 1983 claims.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• In Sosa’s pending case of a valid warrant enforced against the wrong person, the police officers are seeking protection from lawsuits based on the doctrine of qualified immunity.
  — WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• Braun proposed a bill in 2020 to reform qualified immunity, which protects police officers from most lawsuits stemming from work performed in the line of duty.
  — Isabella Volmert, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
• But qualified immunity may be built on an even shakier foundation than many of those critics previously thought.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• In response, the state claimed qualified immunity applies only in civil cases.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 31 May 2023
• Overhauling qualified immunity, which can protect law enforcement from civil lawsuits, was an issue Democrats cared deeply about but was strongly opposed by the GOP.
  — Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 25 May 2024
• The legislation sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds this week would allow teachers and other school employees to obtain permits to carry guns on school grounds and grant them qualified immunity for using reasonable force.
  — Kelly Puente, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
• The report found that, contrary to popular belief, qualified immunity is about much more than police misconduct.
  — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• In many instances, the qualified immunity argument would have worked — lawyers capable of fighting that shield and keeping such cases alive are few and far between, said David Henderson, a civil rights attorney not involved in the Timpa case.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
• The judge, who was nominated by former president Donald Trump, also found the defendants do not have qualified immunity in this case, meaning they can be sued for monetary damages.
  — Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2024
• That New York has to pay millions annually for police misbehavior—even with qualified immunity — shows that something is terribly wrong with policing in New York.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• The city invoked qualified immunity, which protects police officers from lawsuits stemming from lawful work performed in the line of duty, and defended the decision to arrest medics and legal observers as within the rights of the department.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 20 July 2023
• The logic of the Supreme Court’s qualified immunity jurisprudence is that Congress would not have displaced existing immunities without saying so.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• Godbey initially ruled the officers were protected by qualified immunity, a legal shield that came under intense fire after Floyd’s death.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
• California state attorneys urged the Supreme Court to review and reverse the 9th Circuit decisions that rejected a qualified immunity defense for the prison officials.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
• The phrase, seemingly deleted in error, undermines the basis for qualified immunity, the legal shield that protects police officers from suits for misconduct.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• Attorneys representing the sheriff and the county argued the sheriff was entitled to qualified immunity and that jail staff had taken measures to care for Anderson, pointing out that hospital staff had medically cleared her to be taken to jail.
  — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• After Dorsey’s family sued, a lower court agreed with the family that qualified immunity did not protect Agdeppa from personal liability in the matter.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The defense of qualified immunity often shields police officers from lawsuits.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
• In response, the state asked to dismiss the case and argued that its employees should be protected by qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that frequently shields government officials — such as police and prison guards — from liability in lawsuits.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Braun has repeatedly said that his bill was an attempt to compromise: Democrats were prepared to eliminate qualified immunity altogether.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
• The bill limited qualified immunity for officers, prevented racial profiling and restricted the use of excessive force.
  — Nikole Killion, CBS News, 24 May 2024
• She’s now determined to see national legislation passed to end qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that often protects members of law enforcement from civil lawsuits.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 July 2024
• New York City ended qualified immunity, a legal defense used to shield officers from civil liability.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024