What is the test for qualified immunity in a medical malpractice case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Torcivia v. Suffolk Cnty., N.Y., 19-4167 (2nd Cir. 2021):

[41] Courts are free to use their "sound discretion in deciding which of the two prongs of the qualified immunity analysis should be addressed first in light of the circumstances in the particular case at hand." Pearson v. Callahan, 555 U.S. 223, 236 (2009). We elect here to focus on the second.

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