vehicle seized and destroyed in retaliation for Livingston’s exercising his First Amendment rights. The only specific allegation relating to Shirey is that, after Livingston’s vehicle had been destroyed, he wrote Shirey requesting compensation, and Shirey’s office refused the request. ANALYSIS I. Jurisdiction Denial of judgment on qualified immunity grounds at any stage of the proceedings is immediately appealable. See Crawford-El v. Britton, 523 U.S. 574, 598 n. 19, 118 S.Ct. 1584, 140 L.Ed.2d 759 (1998) (“If the district court enters an order denying the defendant’s motion for dismissal or summary judgment, the official is entitled to bring an immediate interlocutory appeal of that legal ruling on the immunity question.”); Wallin v. Norman, 317 F.3d 558, 563 (6th Cir.2003) (<HOLDING>). We therefore have the authority to adjudicate
holding that the court lacked jurisdiction over statelaw tort claims on an interlocutory appeal from a denial of qualified immunity holding that a district courts refusal to address the merits of defendants motion asserting qualified immunity prior to the close of discovery was a conclusive determination for the purpose of allowing an interlocutory appeal holding same as to the filing of a notice of an interlocutory appeal holding court lacked jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeal of denial of motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity by defendants who were not public officials holding that an interlocutory appeal lies from a denial of summary judgment on a qualified immunity claim