U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Nicholas Coffey v. Adam Carroll
This writing
- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Chad Andrew Readler
- Filed
- Aug. 5, 2019
- Case
- Nicholas Coffey v. Adam Carroll
- Case status
- Decided
Source The authoring judge was read from the signature line of the court's own published opinion, not from provider metadata — CourtListener records no author for most Sixth Circuit opinions.
Opening text
The first passage of the document, as extracted by the source provider.
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…
Source Extract supplied by CourtListener. Benchlight does not host the document — read the authoritative text in the court's own PDF.