4.4.2 Government Employees

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

Government employees are entitled to qualified immunity for those acts which are "reasonably within the employee's discretionary authority" such as "when officials are . . . performing an act that inherently requires judgment or discretion."[fn331]

[Q]ualified immunity protects government officials from liability for acts within the scope of their public duties unless the official knew or should have known that he was acting in violation of established law or was acting in reckless disregard of whether his...