Cox v. Glanz

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a suit against a sheriff in his official capacity equates to a suit against the county
• holding that defendant was entitled to qualified immunity because plaintiff “failed to satisfy her burden on the clearly-established-law prong of the qualified-immunity standard”
• noting that we need not consider out-of-circuit authority unless the plaintiff brings this authority to our attention
• explaining that we must decide the constitutional question based on “[t]he district court’s factual findings and reasonable assumptions,” as opposed to our own de novo review of the record
• explaining that we must decide the constitutional question based on “[t]he district court’s factual findings 3 and reasonable assumptions,” as opposed to our own de novo review of the record
• noting that a suit against a sheriff in his official capacity is a suit against the county he represents

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).