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For qualified immunity purposes, "clearly established" means that "the contours of the right must be sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987).

The doctrine of qualified immunity protects state and local officials, including law enforcement officers, from individual liability unless the official violated a clearly established constitutional right. The evolution of qualified immunity began in 1871 when Congress adopted 42 U.S.C.

Qualified immunity is a special protection for government workers that the Supreme Court created in 1982 as an act of judicial policymaking.

Ct. 577, 589 (2018) (holding that clearly established means the law was sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would understand her actions were unlawful).

The doctrine of qualified immunity protects state and local officials, including law enforcement officers, from individual liability unless the official violated a clearly established constitutional right.If qualified immunity applies, money damages aren't available even if a constitutional violation has occurred.

The U.S. Supreme Court first introduced the qualified immunity doctrine in Pierson v. Ray (1967), a case litigated during the height of the civil rights movement, it is stated to have been originally introduced with the rationale of protecting law enforcement officials from frivolous lawsuits and financial liability in

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The doctrine of qualified immunity protects state and local officials, including law enforcement officers, from individual liability unless the official violated a clearly established constitutional right. The evolution of qualified immunity began in 1871 when Congress adopted 42 U.S.C.

California law largely follows federal law for qualified immunity (discussed above). But arguably there is no qualified immunity for California police officers accused of false arrest or imprisonment. And unlike federal law, California law places the burden on police to justify a false arrest or imprisonment.