LONGORIA v. SAN BENITO INDEPEN. CONSOL. SCH. DIST.

No. 18-41060.

942 F.3d 258 (2019)

Zulema LONGORIA, As NEXT FRIEND OF M.L., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. SAN BENITO INDEPENDENT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Henry Sanchez; Adrian Vega; Ashley Camacho-Garza; Velma Garcia, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed November 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Stapleton, III, Esq. , Stapleton & Stapleton, Brownsville, TX, Michael Gonzalez , Brownsville, TX, Nathaniel C. Perez, Jr. , Attorney, Law Office of Nathaniel C. Perez, Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Katie Elizabeth Payne , Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo Kyle, San Antonio, Leandra Costilla Ortiz , Miguel Alberto Saldana , Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo & Kyle, Weslaco, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

Before KING, HIGGINSON, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


A few weeks after she was selected to be the head varsity cheerleader at San Benito High School, M.L., a minor, was stripped of her position and dismissed from the team when her cheerleading coaches discovered a series of posts on her personal Twitter account containing profanity and sexual innuendo. M.L.'s mother...

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