Legal Opinion
Baker v. Birmingham Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 2008No. 07-12349PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Bruce Baker (“Baker”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Birmingham Board of Education (the “Board”), dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 as barred by the statute of limitations.
I. BACKGROUND
Baker filed his complaint in January 2006, approximately two and a half years after he was terminated from his position as a physical education teacher in an elementary school. Baker’s complaint alleged that the Board violated his rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, by and through 42 U.S.C. § 1983,…
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