Morris Sheppard Arnold

“We conclude the jail employees are entitled to qualified immunity but that we lack jurisdiction to resolve the county's appeal. So we reverse and remand. ... we do not think that McRaven shows that the officers here violated clearly established law ... we conclude they are entitled to qualified immunity. ... Reversed and remanded.”

“The district court dismissed her claims, holding that the defendants did not violate the plaintiff's clearly established First Amendment rights and did not violate her substantive due process rights, clearly established or otherwise. Because we agree, we affirm.”

“In sum, the district court properly dismissed Barnett's RLUIPA claim against Short and his Section 1983 claim against the county. But we reverse the court's decision to dismiss the RLUIPA claim against the county and the Section 1983 claim against Short, and we remand for further proceedings.”

“Affirmed.”

“We therefore reverse the sentence and remand for further proceedings.”

“We conclude therefore that the district court abused its discretion in denying Mr. DiMercurio a continuance and therefore erred in dismissing the case with prejudice and denying his motion to reconsider. Accordingly, we vacate the order dismissing the case with prejudice and remand to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

“Affirmed.”

“Affirmed.”

“Affirmed.”

“Affirmed.”

“Affirmed.”

“We agree with her that she is entitled to qualified immunity ... We therefore reverse and remand for further proceedings.”