PIGNANELLI v. PUEBLO SCHOOL DIST. NO. 60

No. 07-1251.

540 F.3d 1213 (2008)

Roxanne Moffitt PIGNANELLI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PUEBLO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 60, Dr. Joyce F. Bales, individually and in her capacity as Superintendent of Pueblo School District No. 60, and Kathleen Kennedy, individually and in her capacity as President of Pueblo School District No. 60's Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

September 10, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Carleo, Pueblo, CO, for the Plaintiff-Appellant.

Elliot J. Scott (Sonja S. McKenzie with him on the brief), Senter Goldfarb & Rice, L.L.C., Denver, CO, for the Defendants-Appellees.

Before KELLY, TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges, and FRIZZELL, District Judge.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Roxanne Moffitt Pignanelli ran for the Pueblo School District Board of Education in 2003 but lost the election. A middle school drama teacher at the time, she blamed her employer, Pueblo School District No. 60, for her loss, and sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of her constitutional rights. Pignanelli claimed the school district and its representatives, including the superintendent of schools, violated the First Amendment...

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