| 1. | Citing his qualified immunity, Behrens sought to have the suit dismissed.
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| 2. | But Means also declined to grant Wallace qualified immunity on that matter.
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| 3. | Defendants answered that their actions were protected by qualified immunity.
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| 4. | The officers moved for dismissal, based in part on qualified immunity.
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| 5. | Judgment on the basis of qualified immunity, also had
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| 6. | But Saucier contended he could not be sued because he had qualified immunity.
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| 7. | The Supreme Court held that qualified immunity analysis must proceed in two steps.
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| 8. | The three individual defendants asserted qualified immunity from suit on petitioners'federal claims.
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| 9. | As government officials, the officers were entitled to assert a qualified immunity defense.
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| 10. | Police departments have answered that question by using a defense known as qualified immunity.
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