Jacqueline Scott v. Mark F. Taylor

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 that they be dismissed.

*1253I.BACKGROUND

Appellee Jacqueline Scott, a white Democrat, is a former DeKalb County Commissioner. She…