Teresa Garcia, a Minor, by Her Next Friends Max and Sandra Garcia v. Theresa Miera, J.D. Sanchez, Edward Leyba, Judi Mestas, and Felix Duran

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit · Decided 1987-04-28

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LOGAN, Circuit Judge. In this appeal we review a district court’s grant of summary judgment, finding that school officials involved in two incidents of corporal punishment were insulated from liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by qualified immunity. Teresa Garcia, an elementary school pupil in New Mexico, by her parent…

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