SCOTT v. TAYLOR

No. 04-11302.

405 F.3d 1251 (2005)

Jacqueline SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mark F. TAYLOR, in his Official Capacity as Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, Stan Watson, in his Official Capacity as Chairperson of the DeKalb County House Delegation and a Member of the Georgia House of Representatives, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Mick, Stefan Ernst Ritter, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

T. Joshua Archer, Michael J. Bowers, D. Gregory Michell, John T. Morgan, III, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and JORDAN, District Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises the question of whether individual state legislators are entitled to absolute legislative immunity from official capacity suits for prospective relief. The district court denied the state legislator defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings, holding that legislative immunity does not apply to such suits. Because the state legislators are entitled to absolute legislative immunity, we reverse and remand with instructions...

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