NEAL EX REL. NEAL v. FULTON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 98-9612.

229 F.3d 1069 (2000)

Durante NEAL, a minor by his next friends; Eugene NEAL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FULTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Stephen Dolinger, Superintendent, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Brantley, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Judith A. O'Brien, Lela Mahoney Young, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and HANCOCK, District Judge.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Durante Neal, a high school freshman and member of the varsity football team, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his complaint alleging that Tommy Ector, a high school teacher and football coach, violated his right under the Due Process Clause to be free from excessive corporal punishment. Ector allegedly struck Plaintiff with a metal weight lock, blinding him in one eye, as a form of punishment for Plaintiff's involvement...

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