Baxter ex rel. Baxter v. Vigo County School Corp.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Wilma and James Baxter, on behalf of their child, Chelsie, appeal the dismissal of their civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Although our analysis is different in several respects from that of the district court, we conclude that its judgment ought to be affirmed.

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BACKGROUND

Because the Baxters appeal from the dismissal of their- complaint for failure to state a claim, we must accept as true all well-pleaded factual allegations and the inferences reasonably drawn from them. Yeksigian v. Nappi, 900 F.2d 101, 102 (7th Cir.1990). We are not compelled to…