Lower Court Holding
Decision of the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
As we have oftenstated, “Qualified immunity offers complete protection for government officialssued in their individual capacities as long as their conduct violates noclearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonableperson would have known. — Lee v.Ferraro (11th Cir. 2002). This immunity “allow[s] government officials tocarry out their discretionary duties without the fear of personal liability orharassing litigation[.] Thus, in order to receive its protections, thegovernment official must first prove that he was acting within the scope of hisdiscretionary authority when the allegedly wrongful acts occurred. In thiscase, there is no dispute that when [Deputy Timothy] Scott rammed [Victor]Harris’s…
