What is the test for qualified immunity in the context of civil litigation?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Southerland v. City of New York, Docket No. 07-4449-cv (L), Docket No. 07-4450-cv (CON) (2nd Cir. 2012):

II. Principles of Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity shields public officials "from liability for civil damages insofar as 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). "In general, public officials are entitled to qualified immunity if (1) their conduct does not violate clearly established constitutional rights, or (2) it was objectively reasonable for them to believe their acts did not violate those rights." Holcomb v. Lykens, 337 F.3d 217,

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