CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. An unfortunate series of errors by a Kentucky trial court coupled with inmate Albert Jones’s failure to appeal those mistakes resulted in Jones serving a longer sentence than he was promised by prosecutors. In that respect, the Commonwealth of Kentucky seems to have wronged Jones. The case before us, however, is not the vehicle for remedying that wrong. Defendants—state corrections officials—neither caused nor contributed to Jones’s over-incarceration, nor could they unilaterally remedy the matter, which was dictated by two court orders. Because Jones comes well short of showing that defendants deliberately failed to act (or took only ineffectual action), let alone caused Jones’s allegedly improper sentence, defendants are entitled to an award of qualified immunity. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the district court.