Legal Opinion
Udine Ellis, Guardian for Lateasha Pendergrass v. Cleveland Municipal School District
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2006No. 05-3192PublishedCited by 326 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Lateasha Pendergrass, through her guardian Udine Ellis, brought various state and federal claims against the Cleveland Municipal School District (the School District) after she had a physical altercation with Janice Gibbs, her third-grade substitute teacher. Pendergrass claims that Gibbs slammed her into a chalkboard, threw her on the ground, and choked her. After the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the School District on several of Pendergrass’s claims, the case went to trial on Pendergrass’s claim of failure to train or supervise under 42…
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