Durante Neal, a Minor by His Next Friends Eugene Neal, Plaintiffs v. Fulton County Board of Education, Stephen Dolinger, Superintendent

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 2000-10-18

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MARCUS, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Durante Neal, a high school freshman and member of the varsity football team, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of his complaint alleging that Tommy Ector, a high school teacher and football coach, violated his right under the Due Process Clause to be free from excessive corporal punishment. Ector allegedly struck Plaintiff with a metal…

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