Supreme Court of Alabama· 11/18/2005

Ex Parte Davis

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930 So. 2d 497
2005 WL 3082778

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noting that the plaintiff had not “allege[d] that [the deputy’s] actions were undertaken for some personal motive”
noting that \constitutional officers of this State\ are entitled to immunity from individual-capacity claims for damages \whenever the acts that are the basis of the alleged liability were performed within the course and scope of the officer's employment\
noting that deputy sheriffs enjoy the same immunity as sheriffs
finding that the deputy sheriff was acting within the scope of his employment because “[c]onducting searches and performing arrests fall[s] within the statutory duties of a sheriff’ and omitting consideration of allegations that the deputy sheriff searched the property without a warrant
explaining the distinction between the immunity owed to statutory officers and constitutional officers
\[A] claim for monetary damages made against a constitutional officer in the officer's individual capacity is barred.\

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