D.M. v. Bd. of Educ. Toledo Pub. Sch.

James G. Carr, Sr. U.S. District Judge

This lawsuit arises out of an incident at Robison Achievement Center (Robinson), a school in the Toledo Public School Disrict (TPS) for students with disabilities or special needs. The student, D.M., and his legal guardian, Laura Manees, sue the TPS Board and three of its employees assigned to Robinson: Principal David Manley, teacher Valerie Powell, and classroom aide Sonja Austin. The suit arises from a classroom incident involving physical restraint of D.M. by the three individual defendants. Plaintiffs allege that the defendants used unnecessary force…