Durante Neal, a Minor by His Next Friends Eugene Neal, Plaintiffs v. Fulton County Board of Education, Stephen Dolinger, Superintendent
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Durante Neal, a high school freshman and member of the varsity football team, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his complaint alleging that Tommy Ector, a high school teacher and football coach, violated his right under the Due Process Clause to be free from excessive corporal punishment. Ector allegedly struck Plaintiff with a metal weight lock, blinding him in one eye, as a form of punishment for Plaintiffs involvement in a fight with another student. The vast majority of Circuits have concluded that substantive due process principles established…
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