London v. Directors of Dewitt Public Schools

Carl Avery, through his mother Dorothy London, appeals the District Court’s 2 judgment against him. Avery claims that the District Court erred in three respects: (1) in holding that defendant Jeff Rader did not violate Avery’s substantive-due-process rights; (2) in holding there were no procedural-due-process violations in Avery’s suspension or in his expulsion; and (3) in not ordering the DeWitt School System to submit a remedial plan concerning discrimination in hiring. We affirm the judgment of the District Court. We hold, in particular, that the school officials’ conduct in the course of…