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BRINSDON v. McALLEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 15-40160.

832 F.3d 519 (2016)

Brenda BRINSDON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MCALLEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; Yvette Cavazos, Individually and in her official capacity as a teacher in the McAllen Independent School District; Reyna Santos, Individually and in her official capacity as a teacher in the McAllen Independent School District, Defendants-Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 9, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erin Elizabeth Mersino , Great Lakes Justice Center, Lansing, MI, Jerad Wayne Najvar, Esq. , Najvar Law Firm, Houston, TX, Kate Margaret O'Reilly Oliveri , Richard Thompson , Chief Counsel, Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joel Joseph Vale, Jr. , Adriana Hernandez Cardenas , Rex N. Leach , Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, L.L.P., McAllen, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

When Brenda Brinsdon was a sophomore at a high school in McAllen, Texas, she was required to participate in what defendants claim was a mock performance of the Mexican Pledge of Allegiance as an assignment for her Spanish class. She refused. Brinsdon later filed suit,...

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