SORENSEN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• Jones v. Kirkland, 696 So. 2d 1249 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)
  …the qualified immunity defense, i.e., whether, under the most favorable version of the facts alleged, defendant’s actions violate clearly established law — a ‘purely legal question.’” Bennett v. Parker, 898 F. 2d 1530 (11th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1103, 111 S.Ct. 1003, 112 L.Ed.2d 1085 (1991) (citing Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 530, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 2817-18, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985)). Here, appellant alleged that the denial of his requests were in violation of his due process rights and the DO…
• Resolution Tr. Corp. v. Dunmar Corp. & Michael D. Jones, 43 F.3d 587 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …judgment, “a party may not rely on his pleadings to avoid judgment against him.” Ryan v. Int’l Union of Operating Eng’rs, Local 675, 794 F. 2d 641, 643 (11th Cir.1986); see also Bennett v. Parker, 898 F. 2d 1530, 1532 n. 1 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1103, 111 S.Ct. 1003, 112 L.Ed.2d 1085 (1991). Forbidding reliance upon pleadings precludes a party from “choos[ing] to wait until trial to develop claims or defenses relevant to the summary judgment motion.” Golden Oil Co., Inc. v. Exxon Co., U.S.A.,…
• Kelly v. Curtis, 21 F.3d 1544 (11th Cir. 1994)
  …441 (11th Cir.1993), modified, 11 F. 3d 1030 (11th Cir.1994), petition for cert. filed, 62 U.S.L.W. 3707 (U.S. Apr. 18, 1994) (Nos. 93-1636, 93-1638); Bennett v. Parker, 898 F. 2d 1530, 1537 (11th Cir.1990) (Tjoflat, C.J., concurring), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1103, 111 S.Ct. 1003, 112 L.Ed.2d 1085 (1991). 1. Illegal Detention The district court denied summary judgment on qualified immunity as to Kelly's section 1983 illegal detention claims. Kelly contends that the detectives failed to release him within a r…