The members of the Board of Elections, acting in their individual capacities, asserted qualified immunity. 7 The court held that “the procedure for resolving voter challenges was not ‘clearly established’ at the time the Board attempted

immunity because the process for disqualifying voters was not sufficiently or clearly established at the time the hearings were held.

Accordingly, the Court finds that the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity and shielded from liability from civil damages insofar as their conduct did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which

Additionally, we deny Hunkin’s motion, under the authority granted us by either T.C.R.C.P. 7(a) or 12(e), seeking an order directing Fa'amuli to state with specificity the clearly established law of which Hunkin should have been aware

for purposes of resolving the qualified immunity question.

''The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials 'from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would

If the answer is no, the analysis ends, with qualified immunity protecting the defendant from liability.

The Court need not further inquire whether the right was clearly established. Adkins, 2010 WL 3385176 , at *9. 5.

The defendants contend that a police officer enjoys qualified immunity from liability for false imprisonment. 3 Just as surely as *260 the doctrine exists, it manifestly does not apply in this case. In Harlow v.

Ct. 2727, 2738 (1982), the Supreme Court held: [Government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory

The defense of' qualified immunity thus is defeated if the official “‘knew or reasonably should have known that the action he took within his sphere of official responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the [plaintiff

Elliot, 706 F.2d 809 , 811 (7th Cir. 1983). 10 Further, “[t]he doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials ‘from 11 liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established 12 statutory

Qualified immunity is “an immunity from suit rather than a mere defense to liability 15 . . . it is effectively lost if a case is erroneously permitted to go to trial.” Mitchell v. Forsyth, 16 457 U.S. 511 , 526 (1985).