What is the test for establishing that the law governing an area is clearly established?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ramirez v. Reagan, 82 F.3d 423 (9th Cir. 1996):
The law governing an area is clearly established if the contours of that law are "sufficiently clear [so] that a reasonable official would understand that what he is doing violates that right." Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 639 (1987). As a result, it is not necessary that precedent establish that the defendant's exact actions are unlawful. Id. at 640.
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