DOE v. EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 19-50737.

964 F.3d 351 (2020)

Jane DOE, now known as M.E., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. & Associates, San Antonio, TX, Brett Scott Bustamante, Esq. , Patrick N. Haines , Marie Napoli , Senior Attorney, Napoli Shkolnik, P.L.L.C., Melville, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Donald Craig Wood , Attorney, Katie Elizabeth Payne , Walsh Gallegos Trevino Russo Kyle, San Antonio, TX, Defendant-Appellee.

Holly Gene Mclntush , Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund.

Before OWEN, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.


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