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· 4/23/2013

Muskrat Ex Rel. J.M. v. Deer Creek Public Schools

Citations

  • 715 F.3d 775
  • 2013 WL 1730882
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 8266

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that a teacher, who, without provocation, slapped a disabled child, did not shock the conscience
  • holding that \a plaintiff cannot avoid exhaustion simply because he or she asks for damages\
  • holding that state tort and § 1983 claims relating to incidents of physical abuse did not require exhaustion
  • holding that school distrct could not be liable where the plaintiffs failed to show any school district employee committed a constitutional violation
  • holding “a plaintiff cannot avoid exhaustion simply because he or she asks for damages”
  • finding that a teacher slapping a student in the face or restraining a student at his desk for a few minutes did not shock the conscience”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tymkovich, Baldock, Gorsuch

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