Can a state official be held liable for damages in a civil rights action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lorenzo v. Paty, 967 F.2d 588 (9th Cir. 1992):
Government officials performing discretionary functions enjoy qualified immunity from liability for damages in civil rights actions. Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). Qualified immunity applies insofar as the state officials' conduct does not violate "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Id.; Lum v. Jensen, 876 F.2d 1385, 1387 (9th Cir.1989).
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