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ESTATE OF LANCE v. LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

No. 12-41139.

743 F.3d 982 (2014)

ESTATE OF Montana LANCE; Jason Lance; Deborah Lance, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Cirkiel , Cirkiel & Associates, P.C. Round Rock, TX, Steven Gregory White, Esq. , Ryan Charles Johnson, Esq. , Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick Dickson & Squires, L.L.P. Waco, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas Phillip Brandt , Laura Dahl O'Leary , Joshua Alan Skinner , Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Sasha M. Samberg-Champion, Esq. , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Lisa A. Brown, Esq. , Amber K. King , Thompson & Horton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Francisco Maria Negron, Jr. , General Counsel, National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before REAVLEY, DAVIS, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

When he was in the fourth grade, Montana Lance locked himself inside of the school nurse's bathroom and took his own life. Montana was a special-needs student, and Montana's parents sued the Lewisville Independent School District (the "School District") alleging, among other claims, that the School District violated Montana's constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and discriminated against him because of his disabilities under...

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