MOORE v. HARTMAN

No. 03-5241.

388 F.3d 871 (2004)

William G. MOORE, Jr., Appellee, v. Michael HARTMAN, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Montague, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and Barbara L. Herwig, Assistant Director.

Paul Michael Pohl argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Bryan D. Kocher and Daniel H. Bromberg.

Before: SENTELLE and TATEL, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

Qualified immunity generally shields public officials from civil damages "insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). In this case, appellee William G. Moore, Jr...

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