United States substantivesection 1983qualified immunity

Browder v. Albuquerque

Browder v. City of Albuquerque, 787 F.3d 1076 (10th Cir. 2015)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Year2015

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

An off-duty police officer who drives his cruiser with conscience-shocking deliberate indifference to the lives of the motoring public, causing death, violates substantive due process and is not entitled to qualified immunity.

Area of Law

General

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