Legal Opinion
Patel Ex Rel. A.H. v. Kent School District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 11, 2011No. 10-35430PublishedCited by 250 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
A.H., a developmentally disabled high-school student, had several sexual encounters with another developmentally disabled student in a school bathroom. Her mother alleges these encounters were the result of the school’s failure to properly supervise A.H. We must decide whether the mother, individually and on behalf of A.H., has a cognizable Fourteenth Amendment due process claim against A.H.’s special-education teacher. The district court found she did not and granted summary judgment to the teacher. We agree and affirm.
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