Murdock v. Mingus Union High School District

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiffs Stephen and Kelly Murdock (the “Murdocks”) appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment on all claims in favor of Defendants Mingus Union High School District and Mingus Union Governing Board (collectively, the “District”). Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we only address the law.

1. The Murdocks’ due process claim premised on a liberty interest fails as a matter of law. Regardless of whether the District’s temporary placement of stigmatizing information in Stephen Murdock’s personnel file was publication under Cox v. Roskelley, 359 F.3d…