US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions Lincoln v. Colleyville, Texas Dockets: 17-10201, 17-10841 Opinion Date: April 5, 2018 Judge: Edith Brown Clement Areas of Law: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of qualified immunity to three officers who responded to a shooting incident involving plaintiff's father. The court held that, although the officers violated plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights by detaining her for four hours without probable cause, such a right was not so clearly established that the officers could be liable. The court explained that it, as well as other circuits, have determined that officers acting under similar circumstances—detaining a sole witness for questioning and investigative preservation—did not violate any clearly established right. The court reasoned that it followed that these officers similarly were not bound by any such clearly established law.
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