C.P. v. Fairfield Bd. of Educ.

C.P. sued the Fairfield Board of Education in the juvenile court, alleging that his daughter, Cr.P., who had been suspended from school for three days, had been denied substantive due process.1 C.P. sought to have the suspension reversed and expunged from Cr.P.'s record.

The Board answered, moved to dismiss, and requested attorneys' fees and costs, pursuant to the Alabama Litigation Accountability Act, § 12-19-270 et seq., Ala. Code 1975. The Board's motion to dismiss was set for a hearing on December 1, 2006. On that date, C.P. appeared and requested a continuance, stating that he had…