Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)

Citation: Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Parent Document: Luz Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority, 161 F.3d 1290 (1998)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 1998-12-02
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/759590/luz-gonzalez-v-lee-county-housin... ↗

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Having determined that Moran may assert a qualified immunity defense against Gonzalez's section 3617 claim, we must ascertain whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Gonzalez, a reasonable person in Moran's position would have known that her actions violated rights clearly established under section 3617. See Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). Because we must determine the contours of clearly established law, we have interlocutory jurisdiction to review the district court's denial of summary judgment on this claim. See Cottrell v. Caldwell, 85 F.3d 1480, 1484 (11th Cir.1996). Our inquiry involves two stages. First, we determine what a reasonable government official, in Moran's position, would have believed to be the clearly established law in 1995. See infra Part IV.B.1. Second, we evaluate whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to Gonzalez, indicates that Moran should have known that her termination of Gonzalez violated clearly established law. See infra Part IV.B.2. 1.

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