Legal Opinion
C.K. & J.K. v. Bell County Board of Education
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided March 14, 2012No. Civil No. 11-296-ARTPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.
Defendants Travis Phipps, Donna Phipps, and Patricia Howard have moved for summary judgment on the plaintiffs’ official-capacity § 1983 claims, official-capacity state-law claims, and § 1985(3) civil conspiracy claim. R. 30. Discovery is still at an early stage, but the plaintiffs are incapable of succeeding on these claims as a matter of law. The Court will therefore grant the motion and award summary judgment to the defendants.
BACKGROUND
In 2003, A.K. was an eight-year-old boy attending third grade at Frakes Elementary School in Bell County, Kentucky.1 At…
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- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Village of Willowbrook v. OlechSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Thorpe ex rel. D.T. v. Breathitt County Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2013
- Shepherd v. Floyd CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2015
- Jones v. Perry County Fiscal CourtDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2016
- Stevens v. GoochDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2014
- Curtis v. Breathitt Cnty. Fiscal CourtDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2018
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