Thursday, August 11, 2011

Seventh Circuit -- Paula Jackson v. Indian Prarie School

Paula Jackson v. Indian Prarie School

Where a school places a violent, disabled student in a one-person classroom and the student later TKO's the teacher with a chair, the teacher has no S1983 claim under substantive due process against the school, as the setup was insufficiently conscience-shocking.
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.