Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Houston Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 11, 2003No. 03-20098PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
The parents of a stabbing victim at a middle school brought this § 1988 action alleging the school district violated then-son’s due process rights by creating the danger that led to his death. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. We AFFIRM.
I
Eighth grader Samuel Avila (“Avila”) was killed by seventh grader Estanislao Balderas (“Balderas”) during a fight at James S. Deady Middle School (“Deady”) in Houston. Balderas stabbed Avila with a screwdriver he brought to Deady in violation of school policy. The fight was apparently gang…
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