All posts tagged "qualified immunity"
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3.4KAppellate CircuitVexatious or Not, The Supreme Court of Texas Decide to Abate Lower Court Sanctions Against Texas Lawyer Stephen Casey
Asking the Court to declare pro se's Vexatious Litigants is a serious matter. LIT asks; WHY could the Supreme Court of Texas...
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1.9KFifth CircuitAre You Qualified? Shields and Swords are Being Raised in the Roman-American Colosseum
This atextual, ahistorical doctrine - which shields public officials from liability, even when they break the law - was essentially invented out...
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2.2KAppellate CircuitFifth Circuit Judge Willett Opines: § 1927 sanctions imposed against Attorney(s) for advancing a meritless, immunity-barred claim against Judge are Reasonable
Since 1980, federal courts have awarded stiff sanctions under modern § 1927 to punish the wrongful prolongation of litigation. Here, Morgan persistently...
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1.7KFifth CircuitShameful Fifth Circuit Opinion. Qualified Immunity for a Nurse who Ignored Signs of Medical Distress and Let a Senior Citizen Die without any Respect, Humanity or Care.
Cleveland said that he was too weak to get up. Nurse Bell told Cleveland to stop playing and come get your medication...
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1.8KEditors ChoiceMeanwhile in California, a Judge Provides Immunity to 3 Cops for Alleged Theft in Excess of $225k, One of Whom Recently took a Plea Deal for a Prior $20k Bribe
The lack of any cases of controlling authority or a consensus of cases of persuasive authority on the constitutional question compels the...
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2.6KFederal LawCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho and Judge Andrew Oldham Accused of Being Cowardly, Unprincipled and Unfit to be Appellate Judges
Indeed, Judge Ho and Judge Oldham conclude this section of the opinion by saying: If we’re not going to do it right,...
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1.8KFederal LawThe Fifth Circuit Debate Originalism, a Constitutional Standard in a Divided Court in Cole v. Hunter. We Maintain, Common Sense Should be the Standard
James Wilson’s design was that every court could serve as a court of common sense: not the haphazard common sense of shallow...
