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SMITH ON BEHALF OF SMITH v. SEVERN

No. 96-1563.

129 F.3d 419 (1997)

Cheryl SMITH, individually and on Behalf of Brandon SMITH and Dustin Smith, minors, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Karen SEVERN and North Boone Community School District 200, Boone County, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Pontikes, Pontikes & Associates, Chicago, IL, April N. Sochan (argued), Bowie, MD, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James P. Bartley, Scott F. Uhler (argued), Michele M. McGee, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

A mother, on behalf of her teenage son, claims that his three-day suspension from high school for using a chain saw and a boa constrictor to disrupt a school assembly violated his Constitutional rights of due process and equal protection.

I. FACTUAL HISTORY

In 1994 Brandon Smith was a senior at North Boone High School in Boone County, Illinois. On October 14 of that year Brandon participated in a lip sync1...

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