Week of November 16, 2021

Officer who shot service dogs in plaintiff’s backyard who presented no imminent danger and were not acting aggressively unreasonably seized the animals and violated clearly established law.

County’s policy of seizing firearms to safeguard them when owner has been transported to psychiatric evaluation after a domestic incident fell within “special needs” exception to Fourth Amendment warrant requirement.

Probationer assigned to court-ordered work program was sexually assaulted by program supervisor; court denies qualified immunity to second supervisor who isolated her from other participants to enable assault; restrictions on physical movement and personal liberty under threat of incarceration created special relationship between probationer and program supervisor with duty to protect probationer; right to be free from government actor’s sexual assault (right to personal security and bodily integrity) while participating in court-ordered work program was clearly established.