37 Cited authorities

Pearson v. Callahan
555 U.S. 223 (2009) Cited 22,495 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court may, without deciding whether there was a constitutional violation, look to the question of whether that right was "clearly established"
Farmer v. Brennan
511 U.S. 825 (1994) Cited 55,521 times 18 Legal Analyses
Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."
Saucier v. Katz
533 U.S. 194 (2001) Cited 20,252 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding when a defendant seeks qualified immunity, "a ruling on that issue should be made early in the proceedings so that the costs and expenses of trial are avoided where the defense is dispositive."
Hope v. Pelzer
536 U.S. 730 (2002) Cited 7,399 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[t]he obvious cruelty inherent" in putting inmates in certain wantonly "degrading and dangerous" situations provides officers "with some notice that their alleged conduct violate" the Eighth Amendment
Anderson v. Creighton
483 U.S. 635 (1987) Cited 15,419 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that an officer is entitled to qualified immunity if "a reasonable officer could have believed" that the search was lawful "in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed"
Whitley v. Albers
475 U.S. 312 (1986) Cited 11,209 times
Holding prison measures that inflict unnecessary and wanton pain on prisoners, when no plausible explanation for such measures is provided, violate Eighth Amendment
Bistrian v. Levi
696 F.3d 352 (3d Cir. 2012) Cited 2,092 times
Holding the plaintiff had sufficiently alleged a substantive due process violation under the "expressed intent to punish" prong where placement of the plaintiff in solitary confinement was allegedly a vindictive response to a challenge brought by the plaintiff's lawyer
Grieveson v. Anderson
538 F.3d 763 (7th Cir. 2008) Cited 1,908 times
Holding 4 incidents over about 11 months involving only plaintiff was insufficient to show a widespread practice or custom
Randall v. Scott
610 F.3d 701 (11th Cir. 2010) Cited 1,701 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts do not construe a pleading drafted by counsel with the same leniency that they otherwise afford to pro se litigants who lack "the benefit of a legal education"
Lee v. Ferraro
284 F.3d 1188 (11th Cir. 2002) Cited 2,092 times
Holding that an officer's use of force after the plaintiff was "arrested, handcuffed, and completely secure, and after any danger to the arresting officer as well as any risk of flight had passed" was excessive
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 328,637 times 158 Legal Analyses
Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Section 1915A - Screening
28 U.S.C. § 1915A Cited 104,364 times 3 Legal Analyses
Requiring district courts to screen "before docketing, if feasible," prisoner civil complaints

Addison v. Haynes et al

37 Cited authorities

Holding that a court may, without deciding whether there was a constitutional violation, look to the question of whether that right was "clearly established"

Holding that the deliberate indifference standard utilized for a conditions of confinement claim "is inappropriate . . . when officials stand accused of using excessive physical force."

Holding when a defendant seeks qualified immunity, "a ruling on that issue should be made early in the proceedings so that the costs and expenses of trial are avoided where the defense is dispositive."

Holding that "[t]he obvious cruelty inherent" in putting inmates in certain wantonly "degrading and dangerous" situations provides officers "with some notice that their alleged conduct violate" the Eighth Amendment

Holding that an officer is entitled to qualified immunity if "a reasonable officer could have believed" that the search was lawful "in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed"

Holding prison measures that inflict unnecessary and wanton pain on prisoners, when no plausible explanation for such measures is provided, violate Eighth Amendment

Holding the plaintiff had sufficiently alleged a substantive due process violation under the "expressed intent to punish" prong where placement of the plaintiff in solitary confinement was allegedly a vindictive response to a challenge brought by the plaintiff's lawyer

Holding 4 incidents over about 11 months involving only plaintiff was insufficient to show a widespread practice or custom

Holding that courts do not construe a pleading drafted by counsel with the same leniency that they otherwise afford to pro se litigants who lack "the benefit of a legal education"

Holding that an officer's use of force after the plaintiff was "arrested, handcuffed, and completely secure, and after any danger to the arresting officer as well as any risk of flight had passed" was excessive

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Requiring district courts to screen "before docketing, if feasible," prisoner civil complaints