context: Seitz's] rights." The Supreme Court has held that qualified immunity attaches not only when the police officer acted reasonably and thus did not violate an established constitutional right, but also when he reasonably believed that his conduct did not violate that right.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: "The relevant question ... is the objective (albeit fact-specific) question whether a reasonable officer could have believed [the officer's warrantless search to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed."
citation_a.sentence: Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 641, 107 S.Ct. 3034, 97 L.Ed.2d 523 (1967) (“The relevant question ... is the objective (albeit fact-specific) question whether a reasonable officer could have believed [the officer’s warrantless search to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed.”); see also Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, 121 S.Ct. 2151, 150 L.Ed.2d 272 (2001) (holding that a military police officer was entitled to qualified immunity from an excessive force suit when he objectively reasonably believed that he used reasonable force).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that a military police officer was entitled to qualified immunity from an excessive force suit when he objectively reasonably believed that he used reasonable force
citation_b.sentence: Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 641, 107 S.Ct. 3034, 97 L.Ed.2d 523 (1967) (“The relevant question ... is the objective (albeit fact-specific) question whether a reasonable officer could have believed [the officer’s warrantless search to be lawful, in light of clearly established law and the information the searching officers possessed.”); see also Saucier v. Katz, 533 U.S. 194, 121 S.Ct. 2151, 150 L.Ed.2d 272 (2001) (holding that a military police officer was entitled to qualified immunity from an excessive force suit when he objectively reasonably believed that he used reasonable force).