Is a government official immune from liability for civil damages in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hunt v. Fields, No. 2:09-cv-3525 KJM GGH P (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Generally, government officials performing discretionary functions are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights. Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S. Ct. 2727 (1982). If the law is clearly established, the immunity defense ordinarily should fail, since a reasonably competent public official should know the law governing his conduct. Id.
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