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RUSH v. PERRYMAN

No. 08-3148.

579 F.3d 908 (2009)

Douglas W. RUSH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barbara PERRYMAN, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees; Bonnie Wyatt, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees; Bennie Cooper, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees; George Thomas, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees, Defendants-Appellants, Sharon Mathis, in her Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees; Paul Balentine, in his Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees; Ozarka College; Dennis Wiles, in his Official Capacity as Member of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 3, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherri L. Robinson, AAG, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant.

Denise R. Hoggard, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Douglas Rush, former President of Ozarka College, sued members of the Ozarka College Board of Trustees ("the Board"), alleging in ten causes of action that members of the Board violated some of his state and federal statutory and constitutional rights. The district court1 concluded that Rush only stated valid claims under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and dismissed the remainder of his claims. The court denied...

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