Legal Opinion
Estate of C.A. v. Castro
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 2013No. 13-20057PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
C.A., a high school student, drowned in 2008 after a pool-based science experiment. The Estate of C.A., and Vincent and Celestina Agwuoke, individually and on behalf of the heirs of C.A. (collectively, “the Agwuokes”) sued the school district and school employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of C.A.’s Fourteenth Amendment right to life. After granting the school employees summary judgment based on qualified immunity, the district court granted the district summary judgment. The court concluded that (1) C.A.’s constitutional rights were not violated because the Fifth…
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