No. 23-572

Dustin Williams, et al. v. Randall McElhaney

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-11-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circuit-split civil-rights extracurricular-activities first-amendment free-speech parent-speech-rights qualified-immunity school-rules
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-01-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

Where a parent who has voluntarily agreed to be bound by team rules for their minor to play in an extracurricular academic setting including rules that a parent will not discuss playing time or position assignment, was it clearly established that a school employee violates the parent's First Amendment rights by suspending the parent from attending games for one week for violation of those team rules, such that the right may be defined at a "low level of generality" rather than particularized authority placing the matter beyond debate.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a school employee violates a parent's First Amendment rights by suspending the parent from attending games for one week for violation of team rules regarding discussing playing time or position assignment

Docket Entries

2024-01-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-01-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2024.
2023-12-20
2023-11-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 28, 2023)

Attorneys

Dustin Williams, et al.
Daniel H. Rader IIIMoore Rader and York PC, Petitioner
Randall McElhaney
Perry Allan CraftLaw Office of Perry A. Craft, PLLC, Respondent