The following excerpt is from Castro v. Cnty. of L.A., 797 F.3d 654 (9th Cir. 2015):
instead is whether the contours of the right were sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand that his actions violated that right. Id.; see also Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, 202, 121 S.Ct. 2151, 150 L.Ed.2d 272 (2001).
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