E.L. ex rel. White v. Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corp.

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

On behalf of E.L., her minor son, La’Shieka White sued the Voluntary Inter-district Choice Corporation (VICC), alleging its race-based, school-transfer policy violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district pourt1 granted VICC’s motion to dismiss. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

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E.L. is an African-American boy entering fifth grade. From kindergarten through third grade, he lived in the City of St. Louis, attending Gateway Science Academy, a charter school there. During third grade, his family moved to St.…