Case Explained: 26a0215p.06

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Filed: 2026-08-04 The sixth circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the defendant officers failed to concede the plaintiff’s version of the facts as required for interlocutory review of a qualified immunity denial. The court applied the standard that appellate jurisdiction over qualified immunity denials is limited to purely legal questions and does not extend to disputes over material facts, unless the defendants explicitly concede the plaintiff’s factual assertions or the record evidence blatantly contradicts those assertions. The court found that although the officers purported to accept the record, their briefing relied on contested factual disputes regarding whether the plaintiff actively resisted during two separate uses of force. Furthermore, the video evidence did not blatantly contradict the district court’s determination that genuine issues of material fact existed. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, allowing the plaintiff’s civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to proceed in the district court. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.