Kenneth Sealey, et al. v. J. Duane Gilliam, et al.

The questions presented here are:

1. Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that District Courts are not required to properly apply the qualified immunity analysis as to each officer and each claim at the Rule 56 summary judgment stage?

2. Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that in cases where the qualified immunity defense is properly raised and argued, a District Court may nevertheless refuse to rule, at the summary judgment stage, on each individual officer’s entitlement to qualified immunity as to each claim?

3. Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that a District Court need not rule on an individual officer’s entitlement to qualified immunity at the Rule 56 summary judgment stage if the Court deems the facts to be “convoluted?”

4. Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that a District Court need not rule on individual officer’s entitlement to summary judgment at the Rule 56 summary judgment stage if Plaintiffs simply make an allegation that officers “acted in concert to violate their constitutional rights?” In this case, the defendants Kenneth Sealey and Robert E. Price, as Administrator C.T.A. of the