Vennes v. An Unknown Number of Unidentified Agents

vacating judgment and remanding for a new jury trial on the issue of qualified immunity | vacating judgment and remanding for a new jury trial on the issue of qualified immunity | finding no error in refusal to stay proceedings where defendant did not show how she was prejudiced | “[Ijmmunity ordinarily should be decided by the court ... in those cases where the facts concerning the availability of the defense are undisputed.” | the “plain statement” rule does not apply to determine whether forfeiture of a Florida residence pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § -881(a)(7) preempted Florida homestead exemption law | in a § 1983 action for unlawful arrest, handcuffing of suspect amounted to arrest because degree of force was unwarranted due to nature of underlying crime and number of officers present on the scene | in a § 1983 action for unlawful arrest, handcuffing of suspect amounted to arrest because degree of force was unwarranted due to nature of underlying crime and number of officers present on the scene | district court properly directed verdict on question of probable cause | denial of summary judgment is not appealable