Legal Opinion
Barbara Coleman v. Houston Independent School District, Anita Ellis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1997No. 96-20326PublishedCited by 609 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Anita Ellis takes this interlocutory appeal from the denial of her partial motion for summary judgment, contending that she is entitled to qualified immunity from suit in her personal capacity. Concluding that plaintiff Barbara Coleman has failed to demonstrate that Ellis violated a clearly established constitutional right, as required by Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226, 111 S.Ct. 1789, 114 L.Ed.2d 277 (1991), we reverse.
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In 1994, Ellis was the principal at Ryan Middle School (“Ryan”), an institution within the defendant Houston Independent School…
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