Simonsen v. Chicago Board of Education

ORDER

Gerald Simonsen, a tenured teacher in Chicago, was twice suspended and eventually terminated by the Chicago Board of Education. He sued the Board and ten of its employees in federal court, alleging that the defendants discriminated against him based on race, gender, and age; violated his right to procedural due process in the course of suspending and terminating him; and violated his right to equal protection by singling him out for discipline. Simonsen, a pro se litigant, also named his mother, ex-wife, and two daughters as co-plaintiffs. In a series of orders the district court…