''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.

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).