VARNELL v. DORA CONSOL. SCHOOL DIST.

No. 13-2135.

756 F.3d 1208 (2014)

Tori VARNELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DORA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Superintendent Steven Barron; Amber Shaw, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon L. Kennedy , Kennedy Law Firm, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew M. Sanchez , Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Defendants-Appellees Dora Consolidated School District and Steve Barron.

Desiree D. Gurule ( Kevin M. Brown , Keya Koul , with her on the brief), Brown Law Firm, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Defendant — Appellee Amber Shaw.

Before HARTZ, EBEL, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Amber Shaw coached Plaintiff Tori Varnell in several sports while she was a student in the Dora Consolidated School District (Dora Schools). According to Plaintiff, Shaw sexually abused her for more than a year, ending while she was in the ninth grade, sometime in late 2006 or early 2007. On May 24, 2012, when Plaintiff was 20, she sued Ms. Shaw, Dora Schools, and Dora Schools Superintendent Steve Barron under the New Mexico Tort Claims Act,...

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