Legal Opinion

Sonya P. Williams v. Shelby County Board of Education

District Court, W.D. Tennessee

Decided August 5, 2026No. 2:17-cv-02050Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION SONYA P. WILLIAMS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 2:17-cv-02050-TLP-jay v. ) ) SHELBY COUNTY BOARD OF ) EDUCATION, ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER ON § 1983 PROCEDURAL-DUE-PROCESS CLAIM Following a bench trial and a remand from the Sixth Circuit, this Court again considers whether Plaintiff Dr. Sonya P. Williams1 has proven that Defendant Shelby County Board of Education (“Board”) deprived her of procedural due process. As explained below, Plaintiff has proven this claim by a preponderance of the evidence. Having…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Daniels v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Farrar v. HobbySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Memphis Community School District v. StachuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Uzuegbunam v. PreczewskiSupreme Court of the United States · 2021

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