Taylor v. Barkes

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a § 1983 Plaintiff pleading supervisory liability must establish defendant’s “participation [in the alleged wrong], or actual knowledge and acquiescence, to be liable”
• holding that existing precedent must have “placed beyond debate the 27 unconstitutionality of” the officials’ actions, as those actions unfolded in the specific context of the 1 acted “would have made clear to [them] that [their actions] violated the Constitution”
• explaining that the plaintiff “has the burden to show that” the law is clearly established
• explaining that the plaintiff “has the burden to show that” the law is clearly established
• stating that \[q]ualified immunity shields government officials from civil damages liability unless the official violated a statutory or constitutional right that was clearly established at the time of the challenged conduct\
• noting that Farmer holds that “Eighth Amendment liability requires actual awareness 9 of risk”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).