Legal Opinion
Jim Brown v. James Simmons, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Conway Public School District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 23, 2007No. 05-4406PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Jim Brown (Brown), a teacher, filed a complaint alleging James Simmons, the superintendent of the Conway (Arkansas) Public School District, infringed Brown’s procedural due process rights by denying Brown a name-clearing hearing after Brown was stigmatized by defamatory statements made by other school officials. In other words, Brown filed a “stigma plus” claim. 1 The district court 2 dismissed Brown’s complaint for failing to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We affirm.
We review de novo the dismissal of a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…
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