Is a government official liable for damages when they are found guilty of gross negligence in a civil case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Mujahid v. Harper, 19 F.3d 28 (9th Cir. 1993):

Government officials who perform discretionary functions are entitled to immunity from damages suits when "their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982).

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