OLIVER v. ARNOLD

No. 20-20215.

3 F.4th 152 (2021)

Mari Leigh OLIVER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjie ARNOLD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Lee Kallinen, Esq. , Law Office of Randall L. Kallinen, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, Geoffrey Blackwell, Esq. , American Atheists Legal Center, Arlington, VA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas Phillip Brandt , Francisco J. Valenzuela , Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., Dallas, TX, Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wiener, Dennis, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


Mari Leigh Oliver brought suit against Benjie Arnold, her former Sociology teacher at a public high school in Texas, alleging that he violated her First Amendment rights by attempting to compel her to transcribe the United States Pledge of Allegiance and by retaliating against her after she refused. Arnold moved for...

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