Udine Ellis, Guardian for Lateasha Pendergrass v. Cleveland Municipal School District

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• assuming that plaintiff suffered constitutional injury sufficient to survive summary judgment where plaintiff alleged she was choked and thrown to ground by teacher for forgetting a pencil
• explaining the two ways that a plaintiff can show that inadequate training reflects deliberate indifference
• explaining that the plaintiff did not plead deliberate indifference under a single incident theory as she “does not argue that it was inherently foreseeable that teachers would assault students if not trained or supervised properly”
• upholding requirement that a plaintiff must show evidence of a “normal” number of complaints to suggest the defendant was deliberately indifferent to the number of complaints
• affirming district court grant of summary judgment to school district on student’s failure-to-train Monell claim because, even assuming inadequate training, plaintiff (1) did not allege foreseeable constitutional consequences and (2
• noting the two situations which may establish deliberate indifference for failure to train claims: (1) “[failing] to provide adequate training in light of foreseeable consequences that could result from a lack of instruction”; and (2

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