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WOODARD v. LOS FRESNOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 83-2554 Summary Calendar.

732 F.2d 1243 (1984)

James WOODARD, Guardian of Rayellea Woodard, a child, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOS FRESNOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Alfred Izen, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wiech & Black, John Wm. Black, Brownsville, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before RUBIN, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The issue is whether a high school student was denied due process of law when she was given three punitive spanks for using abusive languge to a school bus driver. School regulations permitted parents to choose the appropriate form of punishment for their children. The student's mother chose three days' suspension. The student requested that, instead of being suspended, she be disciplined by three strikes with a paddle. We hold that...

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