What is the test for a government official to be held liable for civil damages in a civil case?
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The following excerpt is from Ward v. County of San Diego, 791 F.2d 1329 (9th Cir. 1986):
Government officials performing discretionary functions are shielded from liability for civil damages if their conduct does not violate "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). The Harlow test examines the "objective reasonableness" of the official's conduct.
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