Angie Chesser, A.K.A. Angie Kimball v. Amos Sparks, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Haralson County Commissioner

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• explaining that an entitlement to qualified immunity “raised . . . on a motion to dismiss . . . will be granted if the complaint fails to allege the violation of a clearly established constitutional right”
• “A plaintiff cannot avoid the qualified immunity defense by referring to general rules and to the violation of abstract rights.”
• “A constitutional right is clearly established if controlling precedent has recognized the right in a ‘concrete and factually defined context.’ A plaintiff cannot avoid the qualified immunity defense ‘by referring to general rules and to the violation of abstract ‘rights.’”
• “[T]he [qualified immunity] defense may be raised and considered on a motion to dismiss; the motion will be granted if the ‘complaint fails to allege the violation of a clearly established constitutional right.’ ”
• “[Q]ualified is typically addressed at the summary judgment stage of the case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).