Fernandez v. Strand

DECISION AND ORDER

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Tamaris (“Tammy”) Fernandez and her mother Ada Candelaria bring this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that state defendant Michael Strand, Tammy’s exceptional education teacher at Racine public school, repeatedly detained Tammy in class and engaged in unwanted physical contact with her in violation of her civil rights. Plaintiffs also sue the Racine Unified School District (the “District”) and two principals at Tammy’s school for their alleged failure to adequately supervise Strand or to investigate Tammy’s absence from other classes.