No. Qualified immunity protects individuals from liability from the state's mistakes. It's similar to how you are not liabile for hurting someone while you are

No. Qualified immunity protects individuals from liability from the state's mistakes. It's similar to how you are not liabile for hurting someone while you are doing your job properly, and why you can't sue a Comcast customer service rep for stealing your money in a billing error. Sovereign immunity (the principle that the state rules over all so no one can force the state to do anything) protects the state from liability from its own mistakes. You can only sue the state if the state decides to allow it.