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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from Iowa student athletes, ruling investigators have qualified immunity.

The judge found investigators likely violated the students' rights by conducting warrantless searches using geolocation software.

Qualified immunity protects government employees unless they violate a "clearly established" law, which the judge said was not the case here.

Iowa investigators may have violated the rights of dozens of student athletes in a sweeping online gambling probe that rocked the state two years ago but they are nonetheless entitled to immunity, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger has dismissed the lawsuit brought by numerous Iowa student athletes who were accused of using online gambling apps, suffer

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