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SCOTT v. HAYES

No. 83-7398 Non-Argument Calendar.

719 F.2d 1562 (1983)

Freddie Lee SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Judge Wilson HAYES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronnie L. Williams, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Franklin G. Shuler, Jr., Michael Gillion, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before HILL, JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a single issue: is a judge absolutely immune from liability under 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981, 1983, and 1985(3) for his comments from the bench and in chambers suggesting or ordering that a party in a divorce proceeding before him have a vasectomy as a condition of a favorable property settlement? Holding that the judge is absolutely immune under the facts of this case, we affirm the district court's grant of summary...

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