Legal Opinion
Brianna Stephenson v. Davenport Community School District Davenport Community School Board Jim Foy, Individually William Rettko, Individually
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 30, 1997No. 96-1770PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Brianna Stephenson brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Davenport Community School District, its Board, and two school officials in their individual capacities (Appellees). Stephenson asserts that Appellees forced her to remove a tattoo pursuant to the school district’s regulation prohibiting gang symbols. There is no evidence Stephenson was ever involved in gang activity and she denies the tattoo is a gang symbol. Stephenson claims that the regulation is overbroad and vague, that Appellees violated her procedural due process rights, and that the…
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