Gatlin v. Ridgeland School District 122

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SIMONE GATLIN, on behalf of MGJ ) minor child, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 23-cv-07661 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood RIDGELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 122, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER MGJ is an African-American girl who claims that she experienced a racially hostile educational environment during her eighth-grade year at Simmons Middle School (“Simmons”). The racial harassment culminated in a fight involving MGJ and one of the harassers. As a result of that altercation, MGJ was barred from…