B.A.P. v. Overton County Board of Education

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION B.A.P., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) NO. 2:20-cv-00065 ) OVERTON COUNTY BOARD OF ) EDUCATION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION B.A.P. (a minor child) and Richard Penkoski (B.A.P.’s parent) filed an Amended Complaint under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

against the Overton County Board of Education (the Board), Richard Melton, and Stephen Henson. (Doc. No. 43). B.A.P. is a student at Livingston Academy in the Overton County School District, where Melton is the principal and Henson is a teacher. (Id. ¶¶ 8, 12).…