COLEMAN v. NEWBURGH ENLARGED CITY SCHOOL DIST.

No. 04 CIV. 3370(SCR).

319 F.Supp.2d 446 (2004)

Elzie Deshawn COLEMAN, Plaintiff, v. NEWBURGH ENLARGED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Peter Copeletti, Individually and as Principal of Newburgh Free Academy, and Board of Education of the City of Newburgh School District, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Rushfield, Shaw & Perelson, LLP, Highland, NY, for Petitioner.

Mark Craig Rushfield, Shaw & Perelson, LLP, Highland, NY, for Respondents.


MEMORANDUM ORDER AND DECISION

ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND:

On or about April 20, 2004, Elzie DeShawn Coleman (the "Plaintiff") was involved in an altercation with another student, N.H.1, at the Newburgh Free Academy ("NFA"). The Plaintiff was removed from the school, arrested by the Newburgh Police Department2 and was immediately suspended from school for...

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