BRINSDON v. McALLEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 15-40160.

863 F.3d 338 (2017)

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.

REVISED July 3, 2017.


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.


No judge in active service on this court requested that the court be polled in response to the petition for rehearing en banc. The petition is denied. The panel's prior opinion is withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted.

When Brenda Brinsdon was a sophomore...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases