Carlton, Christina v. Wood Personnel Services

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• holding that factual disputes integral to the merits of a plaintiff’s claim precludes summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds
• holding that where the “qualified immunity decision depends upon and cannot be separated from” factual disputes, “which are integral to the merits of [the plaintiff's] claim,” summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is inappropriate
• holding that where the “qualified immunity decision depends upon and cannot be separated from” factual disputes, “which are integral to the merits of [the plaintiff’s] claim,” summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds is inappropriate
• explaining that “[t]he existence of material factual disputes ‘precludes a ruling on qualified immunity’” (quoting Strand v. Minchuk, 910 F.3d 909, 918 (7th Cir. 2018)
• noting that qualified immunity must be determined on pure questions of law, not “mixed questions of law and facts”
• resolving fac- tual disputes requires evaluating the quantity and quality and not simply ruling on an abstract legal question

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