Fifth Circuit· 10/20/1995

Kiser v. Garrett

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67 F.3d 1166
1995 WL 613276

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declining to address issue of whether investigators had an affirmative duty to disclose exculpatory evidence during a child welfare investigation
“Qualified immunity is not waived when a defendant fails to take an interlocutory appeal and, instead, subjects himself to discovery and trial.”
\It would be anomalous to conclude that a defendant waives a qualified immunity defense by dismissing as moot an interlocutory appeal that the defendant was not required to take in the first place.\
“It would be anomalous to conclude that a defendant waives a qualified immunity defense by dismissing as moot an interlocutory appeal that the defendant was not required to take in the first place.”

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Judges: Barksdale, Benavides, Stewart

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