Opinion ID: 73336
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Heading: Marshal

Text: The only evidence in the record that connects Harding to Wilson is her transportation of him to MCJ and to court proceedings when he was a federal pretrial detainee.6 Our court has determined that marshals' transporting of federal pretrial detainees is within the scope of their discretionary authority. See Jordan v. Doe, 38 F.3d 1559, 1566 (11th Cir. 1994). At the time that Harding transported Wilson, however, no clearly established law would have informed a reasonable government official that transporting a federal pretrial 6 To the extent Wilson suggests that knowledge of the United States Marshals annual inspection report on MCJ should be imputed to Harding, we find this speculation to be supported by neither the facts nor the law. Even if she were aware of the inspection report, there is no evidence whatsoever that Harding had any control over the operation of MCJ and the confinement conditions there. 8 detainee to a local jail with which the Marshals Service had an intergovernmental agreement was unconstitutional. See id. at 1566-67. Accordingly, Harding was entitled to summary judgment based on qualified immunity.