Opinion ID: 78030
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Heading: Jurisdiction and Issue On Appeal

Text: We have interlocutory jurisdiction to review the denial of summary judgment in qualified immunity cases where our review requires a determination of the clearly established law that existed at the time of the allegedly unlawful acts. See Cottrell, 85 F.3d at 1484 (citing Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 528, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 2816, 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985)). We also have jurisdiction if the district court simply rules that material issues of fact precluded summary judgment. See id. at 1484-85 (citing Behrens v. Pelletier, 516 U.S. 299, 312-13, 116 S.Ct. 834, 842, 133 L.Ed.2d 773 (1996)). Finally, in the course of deciding an interlocutory appeal, we have authority to decide those evidentiary sufficiency issues that are part and parcel of the core qualified immunity issues. Id. at 1486. In light of our limited jurisdiction, the issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in denying Defendants' motion for summary judgment seeking qualified immunity. In order to decide that issue, however, we must consider Defendants' other arguments to the extent they are intertwined with the qualified immunity analysis.