Jo-Anne E. Coleman v. Katrina Reed

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I respectfully dissent. Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to Coleman, I believe that the district court correctly denied the administrators’ motion for summary judgment. While I do not quarrel with the brief statement of facts set forth by the majority, I believe it is necessary to supplement them to underscore the administrators’ bad faith.

It is, of course, undisputed that Ms. Coleman was convicted of Medicaid fraud in 1985. Nonetheless, six months into serving her *756eighteen-month prison sentence, she received approval from the Minnesota Board of Teaching to resume her career as…