Wayne v. Shadowen

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

In this civil rights action initiated under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff-appellants, Robert and Judy Wayne, a married couple (collectively “the Waynes” or “the plaintiffs;” individually “Robert” and “Judy,” respectively), have assailed the district court’s grant of summary judgment, anchored in qualified immunity, in favor of defendant-appellees Kenneth Shadowen (“Shadowen”) and Terrell W. Powell (“Powell”).1 The Waynes’ complaint alleged that Powell, as the principal of Benton Middle School (“Benton”), and Shadowen, as the superintendent of the Marshall County…