Legal Opinion
Raines v. Indianapolis Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 26, 2002No. Nos. 02-2121, 02-2206PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Marc Raines filed this action pro se, challenging the termination of his teaching contract with the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). Between September 1998 and June 1999, Raines was arrested on three separate occasions on numerous felony and misdemeanor charges and was incarcerated altogether for approximately six months. When the IPS Board terminated his contract because of his legal problems, Raines was in the Marion County Jail. Raines filed suit in district court against the members of the IPS Board and their legal counsel, alleging that the Board had discriminated against him…
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