Joseph Ruffino, Randall A. Noble, and Emmett Doherty v. Michael Sheahan, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois

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• holding that defendant waived argument that particular point of law “was not clearly established” where defendant failed to present that argument to the district court despite “rais[ing] other arguments supporting [qualified] immunity”
• expressing doubt that Cook County deputy sheriffs could all be considered “policymakers for whom the sheriff had a legitimate interest in insisting on personal and political loyalty”
• restating \well established\ principle that qualified immunity applies only to individual capacity claims
• “In Illinois, the office of the Sheriff as an institutional matter is also ordinarily a suable entity under § 1983.”
• “In Illinois, the office of the Sheriff as an institutional matter is also ordinarily a suable entity under § 1983.”
• “a plaintiff seeking to pursue an official capacity claim must be able to point to a theory that entitles it to sue the public agency”

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