COLEMAN v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 96-20326.

113 F.3d 528 (1997)

Barbara COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, Anita Ellis, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Nelkin, Carol L. Nelkin, Nelkin & Nelkin, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John David Thompson, III, Christopher Blewer Gilbert, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, SMITH and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Anita Ellis takes this interlocutory appeal from the denial of her partial motion for summary judgment, contending that she is entitled to qualified immunity from suit in her personal capacity. Concluding that plaintiff Barbara Coleman has failed to demonstrate that Ellis violated a clearly established constitutional right, as required by Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226, 111 S.Ct. 1789...

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