THOMAS v. ROBERTS

No. 00-11361.

323 F.3d 950 (2003)

Tiffany THOMAS, a minor by her father Gregory THOMAS, Carl G. Casey, a minor by his mother Virgil M. Casey, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. R.G. ROBERTS, individually and in her official capacity as Assistant Principal, West Clayton Elementary School, Zannie Billingslea, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Weber, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Michael R. Hauptman, Atlanta, GA, Torin D. Togut, Vermont Protection & Advocacy, Barre, VT, Robert Lo-Pci Tsai, ACLU, University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Debra A. Golymbieski, Decatur, GA, Jack Reynolds Hancock, Brian Richard Dempsey, Hancock, Story & Dempsey, LLC, Forest Park, GA, Don R. Foster, Foster & Foster, P.C., Jonesboro, GA, J. Stanley Hawkins, Gary M. Sams, Weekes & Candler, Decatur, GA, Roger Scott Sumrall, Beth W. Kanik, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C., Laura Louise Lones, Staff Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, Robert E. Wilson, Wilson, Morton & Downs, L.L.C., Decatur, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BLACK, RONEY and COX, Circuit Judges.


COX, Circuit Judge:

This case is before us on remand from the Supreme Court for reconsideration in light of the Court's decision in Hope v. Pelzer, 536 U.S. 730, 122 S.Ct. 2508, 153 L.Ed.2d 666 (2002). This case involves a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action brought by thirteen elementary school students ("Plaintiffs") against Tracey Morgan, their teacher; Assistant Principal R.G. Roberts; Zannie Billingslea, a police officer assigned to the...

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