Kristi Dearman v. Stone County School District

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Kristi Dearman sued the Stone County, Mississippi, School District under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming the non-renewal of her teaching contract was in retaliation for expressing her First Amendment support for a candidate for school superintendent. Dearman further contends that her procedural due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment were ignored, saying that she was deprived of a hearing to contest her discharge. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the School District. We affirm. Dearman has not shown that her protected speech was the…