FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC. v. ECS

Case No. CV615-013.

109 F.Supp.3d 1353 (2015)

FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC., Jane Doe, Individually, John Doe, Individually, Jesse Doe, Individually, Jamie Doe, Individually, Plaintiffs, v. EMANUEL COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM (a/k/a/ Emanuel County Schools), Kevin Judy, individually Case No. CV615-013 and in his official capacity as superintendent of Emanuel County School System; Valorie Watkins, individually and in her official capacity as principal of Swainsboro Primary School; Kaytrene Bright, individually and in her official capacity as a Swainsboro Primary School teacher; and Cel Thompson, individually and in her official capacity as a Swainsboro Primary School teacher, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Statesboro Division.

Signed June 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wallace R. Nichols , W.R. Nichols & Associates, PC, Atlanta, GA, Andrew Lewis Seidel , Samuel Troxell Grover , Freedom from Religion Foundation, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs.

Hieu M. Nguyen , Phillip L. Hartley , Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP, Gainesville, GA, for Defendants.


ORDER

The plaintiffs have filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants have violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by endorsing prayer in a public school classroom located in Emanuel County, Georgia. Doc. 22 (amended complaint). Plaintiffs seek both...

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