S.B. EX REL. A.L. v. BD. OF EDUC. OF HARFORD CTY.

No. 15-1474.

819 F.3d 69 (2016)

S.B., a minor, by and through his Guardian and next friend, A.L.; T.L., in his own right, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and A.L., in her own right, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF HARFORD COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee, and Dr. Robert Tomback; William Lawrence; Michael O'Brien, Defendants. Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Amicus Supporting Appellants, National School Boards Association; Maryland Association of Boards of Education, Amici Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Martin Jay Cirkiel , Cirkiel & Associates, P.C., Round Rock, Texas; Tracy Diana Rezvani , Rezvani Volin P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Andrew G. Scott , Pessin Katz Law, P.A., Towson, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Edmund J. O'Meally , Pessin Katz Law, P.A., Towson, Maryland, for Appellee. Selene Almazan-Altobelli , Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc., Towson, Maryland; Mark B. Martin , Law Offices of Mark B. Martin, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates. Francisco M. Negrón, Jr. , General Counsel, National School Boards Association, Alexandria, Virginia, for Amici National School Boards Association and Maryland Association of Boards of Education.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge WYNN and Judge BIGGS joined.


This case arises from the student-on-student bullying and harassment of S.B., a disabled student who attended Aberdeen High School in Harford County, Maryland. S.B., by and through his mother, A.L., sued the Harford County Board of Education (the "Board"), alleging primarily...

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