Jones v. Lopez.U.S. District Court FALSE IMPRISONMENT false imprisonment, complete restraint upon a person's liberty of movement without legal justification. Actual physical contact is not necessary; a show of authority or a threat of force is sufficient. The person falsely imprisoned may sue the offender for damages. Jones v. Lopez, 262 F.Supp.2d 701 (W.D.Tex. 2001). A prisoner brought a state court suit, alleging that his detention for 253 days beyond the term of his confinement violated his due process rights and constituted false imprisonment. The district court held that the defendants were not entitled to absolute or absolute quasi-judicial immunity from the prisoner's claims, nor were they entitled to qualified immunity Qualified immunity is a doctrine in United States law providing immunity from suit to government officials performing discretionary functions when their action did not violate clearly established law. Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. . The court also held that the prisoner was falsely imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- , under state law, as it was undisputed that there was no valid order of confinement justifying the prisoner's prolonged confinement. (Bexar County, Texas Bexar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2000, the population was 1,392,931. Its county seat is San Antonio6. In Spanish, "Béxar" is pronounced [ˈbehaɾ] ) |
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