Court Allows Employer To Seize Corrections Officer’s Guns

Andre Anderson, a corrections officer for the New York City De­partment of Corrections (DOC), was driving home from work when he was rear-ended by another motorist who fled the accident scene after Anderson insisted that they exchange insurance information. Anderson then pursued the occupants of the departing vehicle, first by car and then on foot,…

Qualified Immunity Shields Employer From Liability For Illegal Dropbox Search

Steven Bowers was a sergeant for the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin. In 2017, the Department started working with a television show called Cold Justice, a true-crime series that investigated unsolved crimes. The Department gave the crew members access to one case file, but Bowers began sharing other case files with them, even though…

Fire Chief Not Entitled Qualified Immunity

Qualified immunity shields gov­ernment officials performing discre­tionary tasks from civil liability insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. For a right to be “clearly established,” the unlawfulness of the defendants’ conduct must be apparent based on then-existing law. When analyzing qualified…

Seizure Of CO’s Personal Guns Does Not Violate Law

Andre Anderson is a Corrections Officer with the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC). On July 25, 2020, Anderson was driving home when he was rear-ended by another motorist who fled the accident scene when Anderson insisted that they exchange insurance information. Anderson pursued the occupants of the departing vehicle, first by car and then on foot, eventually drawing his…