Legal Opinion
Lovell v. Poway Unified School District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1996No. Nos. 94-55715, 94-55717PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Sarah Lovell, a student at Mt. Carmel High School in the Poway Unified School District (“PUSD”), allegedly threatened Linda Suokko, a school guidance counselor, that she would shoot her if Suokko did not make changes to Lovell’s class schedule. Suokko filed a disciplinary report with school administrators, and the school suspended Lovell for three days.
Lovell denies that she threatened Suokko, and claims that she merely uttered a “figure of speech” under her breath while in Suok-ko’s office. Lovell and her parents discussed the incident with school…
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