Can a government official be held liable for damages in a civil case brought by a plaintiff who alleges that they were unaware of the extent to which they would be liable?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Franklin v. Felker, No. 2: 11-cv-2055 KJN (E.D. Cal. 2013):
Government officials enjoy qualified immunity from civil damages unless their conduct violates "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). In ruling upon the issue of
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