U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Nicholas Coffey v. Adam Carroll
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Judge Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
- Judge Chad Andrew Readler
Case history
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Aug. 5, 2019decided Decision issued in Nicholas Coffey v. Adam Carroll
Opinions and writings
READLER, Circuit Judge. The qualified immunity doctrine serves to shield public officials-oftentimes, police officers-from liability and harassment for reasonable acts undertaken in the line of duty. As the doctrine affords a public official immunity from the costs of litigation, federal courts have an obligation to weigh the issue as early as practicable, and certainly no later than su…