JAMES v. CLEVELAND SCHOOL DIST.

No. 21-60688.

45 F.4th 860 (2022)

Olecia JAMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CLEVELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT; Dr. Lisa Bramuchi, in her individual and official capacity; Dr. Randy Grierson, in his individual and official capacity; Dr. Jacqueline Thigpen, in her individual and official capacity; Richard Boggs, in his individual and official capacity; Todd Fuller, in his individual and official capacity; Dr. Chresteen Seals, in her individual and official capacity; Tonya Short, in her individual and official capacity; George Evans, in his individual and official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Mishune Ross, Esq. , Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Arnold U. Luciano, Esq. , Daniel J. Griffith, Esq. , Katherine Mayo Portner , Jacks Griffith Luciano, P.A., Cleveland, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Smith, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Olecia James was a model student with reason to hope she would graduate second in her high school class. But, as the result of a longstanding desegregation decree, her high school was consolidated with another school before her senior year. This reshuffled the class rankings, and James ended up third. She sued...

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