KIRKLAND EX REL. JONES v. GREENE COUNTY BD.

No. 03-10583.

347 F.3d 903 (2003)

Coretta KIRKLAND, as parent & next friend of Demario JONES, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Robert Elliott, in his official & individual capacity, Defendants, James Morrow, in his official & individual capacity, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Decided October 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Boardman, Alicia Fritz Bennett, Boardman, Carr, Weed & Hutcheson, P.C., Chelsea, AL, for Morrow.

Charles Clyde Tatum, Jr., Jasper, AL, for Kirkland.

Before BIRCH, BARKETT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

James Morrow, the principal of Eutaw High School in Green County, Alabama, appeals the denial of his motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Demario Jones, a thirteen-year-old student called into Morrow's office for disciplinary reasons, claims that Morrow struck him with a metal cane in the head, ribs and back, leaving a large knot on his head and causing him to suffer continuing migraine headaches. Coretta Kirkland...

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