Freddie Lee Scott v. Judge Wilson Hayes
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
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 judgment in his favor.
Plaintiff Scott filed a petition for divorce on July 29, 1981, in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama. In his…
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