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BROWN v. SIMMONS

No. 05-4406.

478 F.3d 922 (2007)

Jim BROWN, Appellant, v. James SIMMONS, individually and in his Official Capacity as Superintendent of the Conway Public School District, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther Oneal Sutter, Harrill & Sutter, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.

William Clay Brazil, Brazil & Adlong, Conway, AR, for Appellee.

Before RILEY, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Circuit Judge.

Jim Brown (Brown), a teacher, filed a complaint alleging James Simmons, the superintendent of the Conway (Arkansas) Public School District, infringed Brown's procedural due process rights by denying Brown a name-clearing hearing after Brown was stigmatized by defamatory statements made by other school officials. In other words, Brown filed a "stigma plus" claim.1 The district court2 dismissed...

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