WOOTEN v. CLIFTON FORGE SCHOOL BD.

Nos. 80-1198, 80-1199.

655 F.2d 552 (1981)

Wasena WOOTEN, Appellant, v. CLIFTON FORGE SCHOOL BOARD; P. E. Truitt, Jr.; Irene Williams; Elvin Nicely; Michael R. Scott; Aubrey C. Hall; George J. Kostel, Executor of the Estate of Peter Kostel; Janie Barnett and Julius S. Garbett, Appellees. Wasena WOOTEN, Appellee, v. CLIFTON FORGE SCHOOL BOARD; P. E. Truitt, Jr.; Irene Williams; Elvin Nicely; Michael R. Scott; Aubrey C. Hall; George J. Kostel, Executor of the Estate of Peter Kostel; Janie Barnett and Julius S. Garbett, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Montgomery, Roanoke, Va., for Wasena Wooten.

Joseph A. Matthews, Jr., Roanoke, Va. (William B. Poff, Woods, Rogers, Muse, Walker & Thornton, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for Clifton Forge School Board, et al.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Circuit Judge.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge;

In this suit brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Wasena Wooten appeals the order of the district court dismissing his claim against the Clifton Forge School Board. Wooten asserts that the Board violated his fourteenth amendment rights to procedural due process when it reassigned him from the position of principal at Clifton Forge High School to the position of teacher. The Board appeals the district court's denial of its motion for attorneys...

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