Opinion ID: 3010687
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Text: Appellants, present and former justices and court administrators of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, appeal from the district court's February 28, 1997 order 3 denying their motion to dismiss appellee Rolf Larsen's claims against them on qualified immunity grounds. The district court had jurisdiction over Larsen's claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. S 1331 and 28 U.S.C.S 1343 as Larsen states his claims under 42 U.S.C. S 1983 and 42 U.S.C. S 300bb. Jurisdiction over this appeal from a denial of qualified immunity rests on 28 U.S.C. S 1291 pursuant to the collateral order doctrine. See Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 530, 105 S.Ct. 2806, 2817 (1985). For the reasons that follow, we will affirm in part and reverse in part the district court's denial of qualified immunity and will remand the case to the district court for further proceedings.