Can a police officer be found to have qualified immunity in a civil case?

officer that his conduct was unlawful in the situation he confronted." Id. at 201-02. If an officer makes a reasonable mistake as to what the law requires - i.e. the right is not clearly established - the officer is entitled to immunity. Id. at 202-03. Courts may "exercise 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).