Kicklighter v. Evans County School District

ORDER

EDENFIELD, District Judge.

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action attempts to make a “federal case” out of what is, at bottom, an in-school disciplinary matter. Before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. While the litigants have cluttered the record with numerous (and voluminous) non-material details, the basic facts are undisputed. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c).

I. Background

Plaintiff Crystal G. Kicklighter, a white female, was born in 1978. C. Kicklighter Dep. (doc. # 32) at 7. In June 1994, prior to starting the tenth grade at Claxton High School, Kicklighter became pregnant…