Niekamp v. Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the relevant question in § 1983 cases is an objective one, in which “subjective beliefs ... are irrelevant”
• holding that common law would shield officers from liability if fugitive was present in third-party’s home
• holding that an officer's subjective beliefs are irrelevant when evaluating the reasonableness of their actions
• holding that law enforcement officers should not be held liable if they reasonably but mistakenly concluded that exigent circumstances justified warrantless home search
• holding that officers who participated in unconstitutional search were entitled to qualified immunity because a reasonable officer could have believed the search comported with the Fourth Amendment
• holding that federal officer named in Bivens action is not protected by qualified immunity if the claimed right was clearly established, so that a reasonable officer would realize the violation

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