Taylor v. West Publishing Co.

Terry Ray Taylor appeals pro se from the district court’s1 dismissal, 548 F.Supp. 61, of his action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Appellant alleges that West Publishing Co. libeled him by publishing and distributing defamatory remarks contained in Taylor v. Gibson, 529 F.2d 709 (5th Cir.1976), an opinion written by Judge Bryan Simpson of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Appellant further claims that the district court erred in denying his motion to add Judge Simpson as a defendant.

The district court held that West Publishing Co. was cloaked with, absolute immunity from suit for…