What is the test for determining whether a government official's conduct violates clearly established law?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Covert v. City of San Diego, Case No.: 15cv2097 AJB (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2017):
In determining whether a government official's conduct violates clearly established law, the test is whether, "at the time of the challenged conduct, the contours of a right are sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that what he is doing violates that right." Sjurset v. Button, 810 F.3d 609, 616 (9th Cir. 2015). Though courts do not require a case "directly on point, [] existing precedent must have placed the statutory
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