Does the doctrine of "absolute official immunity" apply to federal employees?

"The concept of the immunity of government officers from personal liability springs from the same root considerations that generated the doctrine of sovereign immunity. While the latter doctrinethat the King can do no wrongdid not protect all government officers from personal liability, the common law soon recognized the necessity of permitting officials to perform their official functions free from the threat of suits for personal liability." Scheuer v. Rhodes , 416 U.S. 232, 239, 94 S.Ct. 1683, 40 L.Ed.2d 90 (1974), abrogated on other grounds by Harlow v. Fitzgerald , 457 U.S. 800, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). "[T]he scope of absolute official immunity afforded federal employees is a matter of federal law, to be formulated by

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