Qualified immunity granted to school resource officer
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) As the school resource officer for Onalaska Elementary School in Onalaska, Texas, Officer Tammie Heeth directed traffic as parents dropped their children off at school. Parents arriving on time would drive down Gantry Street to drop their children off at the back entrance […]
Qualified immunity granted when deadly force used in executing felony warrants
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) On April 27, 2022, the Houston Police Department conducted an operation to find and arrest Jalen Randle to execute three felony warrants stemming from an incident that occurred the month before: aggravated assault of a family member, being a felon in possession of […]
Qualified Immunity granted for Gulfport Police Officers
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) On October 6, 2022, Gulfport Police received a 911 call about a silver Kia Soul with a Georgia license plate. The caller reported that the Kia had multiple occupants, that the occupants were brandishing firearms, and that the Kia had followed the caller’s […]
Officers not deliberately indifferent to subject who died on transport to jail
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) After a long run triggered a latent medical condition, Darren Boykin died. On a hot Texas summer day in 2019, Boykin fled from Texarkana College police officers on foot. They caught him after a half-mile chase. He resisted; they subdued him. Soon, several […]
Qualified Immunity for Corinth Police Officer in false arrest and excessive force claim
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) James Frawley owned real property in Corinth, Mississippi. Between January and April of 2021, the Corinth Police Department had been called eight times to investigate reports of suspicious activity at the property, and it had arrested several individuals for trespassing. When Frawley went […]
Qualified immunity denied when subject arrested for refusing to provide name
Facts (If you are new to 1983 actions, click here for help) Sometime in September 2024, E’Mann Comichi’s nephew parked a Penske rental truck in a public parking lot near the Euless Dog Park before leaving town for a vacation. Comichi’s nephew was the only renter listed on the truck’s rental agreement, but Comichi had […]