HASANAJ v. DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DIST.

No. 21-1488.

35 F.4th 437 (2022)

Kola HASANAJ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT; Steven Rhodes; Cassandra Washington; Cindy Lang; Brenda Carethers; Lauri Washington, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Shanta Driver , DRIVER, SCHON & ASSOCIATES PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Cynthia M. Filipovich , CLARK HILL PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee Steven Rhodes. Phyllis Hurks-Hill , DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT, Detroit, Michigan, for Detroit Public Schools Appellees. ON BRIEF: Shanta Driver , DRIVER, SCHON & ASSOCIATES PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant. Cynthia M. Filipovich , CLARK HILL PLC, Detroit, Michigan, Jennifer K. Green , CLARK HILL PLC, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellee Steven Rhodes. Phyllis Hurks-Hill , DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY DISTRICT, Detroit, Michigan, for Detroit Public Schools Appellees.

GUY, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, C.J., joined. DONALD, J. (pp. 446-49), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

Kola Hasanaj, a teacher certified in Michigan, was employed by the Detroit Public Schools Community District (District) as a teacher for ten years under a series of contracts. After about seven years, the District stopped sending contract renewal notices to Hasanaj. He received "ineffective" ratings...

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