What is the test for a "clearly established" standard in civil rights cases?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Perry, 859 F.3d 156 (2nd Cir. 2017):

The operation of the "clearly established" standard "depends substantially upon the level of generality at which the relevant legal rule is to be identified." Anderson v. Creighton , 483 U.S. at 639, 107 S.Ct. 3034. "The contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Id . at 640, 107 S.Ct. 3034. However,

Id . Thus,

Safford Unified School District No. 1 v. Redding , 557 U.S. 364, 377-78, 129 S.Ct. 2633, 174 L.Ed.2d 354 (2009) (other internal quotation marks omitted).

[859 F.3d 171]

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