Legal Opinion
Casey v. Newport School Committee
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 19, 1998No. C.A. 97-297-TPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TORRES, District Judge.
The defendants have moved for summary judgment with respect to claims that they are liable, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for an alleged violation of Lochiel MacDonald’s (“MacDonald”) constitutional due process rights and for a variety of state law'torts based upon both a disciplinary complaint filed against MacDonald by his high school science teacher and the school’s response to that complaint.
Because the plaintiffs have failed to establish any basis for their federal due process claim, the motion for summary judgment is granted with respect to that…
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