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LASSONDE v. PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 01-17226.

320 F.3d 979 (2003)

Nicholas LASSONDE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Mary Frances Callan, individually and as Superintendent of Pleasanton Unified School District; Jim Negri, individually and as Assistant Superintendent of Pleasanton Unified School District; and Bill Coupe, individually and as Principal of Amador Valley High School, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven N.H. Wood, Stoddard, Bergquist & Wood, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Gregory E. Stubbs, Stubbs & Leone, Walnut Creek, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Bruce W. Green, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, for the amicus curiae.

Before HUG, ALARCÓN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Nicholas Lassonde brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that school officials violated his First Amendment rights by censoring sectarian, proselytizing portions of a speech that Plaintiff gave at his high school graduation ceremony. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants, concluding that the school officials' acts were necessary to avoid violating the Establishment Clause...

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