EDWARDS v. DOTHAN CITY SCHOOLS

No. 22-10858.

82 F.4th 1306 (2023)

Phyllis EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOTHAN CITY SCHOOLS, Dothan City Board of Education, Michael Schmitz, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Brenda Guilford, individually and in her official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Franklin Jones, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Susan Vierkandt, individually and in her official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Brett Strickland, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Amy Bonds, individually and in her official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Chris Maddox, individually and in his official capacity as a member of the Dothan Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: October 4, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Fuller , Attorney, J. Fuller Law, LLC, Mobile, AL, J. Doyle Fuller , Fuller & Copeland, PC, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Carl Johnson , Bishop Colvin Johnson & Kent, LLC, Birmingham, AL, James Kevin Walding , Hardwick Hause Segrest & Walding, Dothan, AL, Wilson Franklin Green , Wilson F. Green, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wilson, Grant, and Brasher, Circuit Judges.


Dr. Phyllis Edwards appeals the district court's dismissal of her wrongful termination suit against Dothan City Schools and Dothan City Board of Education (collectively, the Board), as well as Michael Shmitz, Brenda Guilford, Franklin Jones, Susan Vierkandt, Brett Strickland, Amy Bonds, and Chris Maddox (collectively, the...

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