Carder v. Michigan City School Corp.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHARP, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs’ claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 should be maintained because the plaintiffs have alleged separate independent federal claims recognizable under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The facts alleged in plaintiffs’ complaint state claims for denial of due process and equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. The suspension of a student from school for a parent’s failure to pay textbook fees amounts to a denial of equal protection. Canton v. Spokane School District # 81, 498 F.2d 840 (9th Cir.1974). The…