Legal Opinion
Tremain Spivey, Shirley Spivey, as Next Friend for Tremain Spivey v. Michael Elliott, Lynn Crothers, Wilma Davis, Carolyn Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1994No. 93-8269PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
After Tremain Spivey was sexually assaulted by a fellow classmate at the residential school which he attended, this ease was filed against two officials of the school. Spivey appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the school officials. The district court held that defendants had qualified immunity because the plaintiff failed to state a violation of a constitutional right under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. We hold that although plaintiffs claim was probably sufficient to allege a violation of a constitutional right, that right was not…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Siegert v. GilleySupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by22 opinions
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