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Graham v. City of Manassas Sch. Bd.

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided July 1, 2019No. 1:19-cv-163 (LMB/TCB); 1:19-cv-164 (LMB/TCB)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Leonie M. Brinkema, United States District Judge

In the mid-1990s, Thomas Graham ("Graham") and Alan Lanier ("Lanier"), plaintiffs in these consolidated civil actions, were the victims of child sexual abuse at the hands of Steffon Rodney Christian ("Christian"), a former employee of Baldwin Elementary School ("Baldwin Elementary"). Christian was arrested in 2011 and ultimately pleaded guilty to 22 counts of sex crimes against minors, including crimes against plaintiffs. Graham and Lanier, now adults, have sued Christian as well as the City of Manassas School Board (the "School Board") and…

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