Published on: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Black man is arrested for filming in entryway to Denver police station and spends three days in jail. Yikes! There's a sign saying no videorecording is allowed in the station, but he didn't try to go past the sign and into the station. (A few days later, a white man films in the same place, and he's not arrested.) Man sues. Officers Sergey Gurevich and Julie Weinheimer: we are entitled to qualified immunity. District court: No immunity. Tenth Circuit (unpublished): Plenty of immunity. Even if it was unreasonable to arrest him, it wasn't unreasonably unreasonable. Denial of qualified immunity vacated.
The case is Detreville v. Gurevich, et al., No. 24-1427 (10th Cir. July 8, 2025) (unpublished).