Estate of Barnwell Ex Rel. Barnwell v. Watson

GERRARD, District Judge.

After their son tragically committed suicide, the plaintiffs, Michael and Anna Barnwell, sued the superintendent of their son’s school district, alleging that the school had discriminated against their son on the basis of disability by failing to adequately protect him from being bullied by other students. But the district court 2 found no evidence to support the Barnwells’ claim, and granted the superintendent’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm the district, court’s judgment.

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The Barnwells’ son, Chandler, was 16 years old at the time of his death. He had been…