Is a government official entitled to qualified immunity from liability in a civil case?

Defendant Umugbe argues that he is entitled to qualified immunity. Government officials enjoy qualified immunity from suit for 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). The inquiry is twofold. First, the court must determine whether, taken in the light most favorable to the party

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