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Tenth Circuit OKs First Raising Qualified Immunity on Summary Judgment

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials did not waive a qualified immunity defense by failing to raise it in responsive pleadings. The district court erred in failing to address the defense in the summary judgment context.

Colorado prisoner Said Ahmad is an "adherent to the Sunni ...

 

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