City of San Francisco v. Sheehan

City of San Francisco v. Sheehan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 2015
Full case name	City of San Francisco v. Sheehan
Citations	575 U.S. 600 ( more )
Holding
Police officers who entered the home of a mentally-ill woman and shot her were entitled to qualified immunity because there was no clearly established law requiring them to accommodate mental illness.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia  · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas  · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer  · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor  · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Alito
Concur/dissent	Scalia, joined by Kagan
Breyer took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

City of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U.S. 600 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that police officers who entered the home of a mentally-ill woman and shot her were entitled to qualified immunity because there was no clearly established law requiring them to accommodate mental illness. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. City of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U.S. 600 (2015).
2. "Opinion analysis: No new limit on police use of force". SCOTUSblog. May 18, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2024.

External links

• Text of City of San Francisco v. Sheehan, 575 U.S. 600(2015) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia