Opinion

Courtney Lancaster v. Board of Education of Baltimore County

Court
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Filed
Apr 12, 2023
Status
Unpublished
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
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The opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-2155

COURTNEY LANCASTER, Individually, and as Mother and Next Friend of her

Minor Child, Student Doe,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, d/b/a Baltimore County

Public Schools; PRINCIPAL JASON FEILER; VICE PRINCIPAL LAUREN

STUART; KELLY RUDD SAFFRAN; NINA MARTIN; BALTIMORE COUNTY,

MARYLAND; BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT; OFFICER

JENNIFER PEACH,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.

George L. Russell, III, District Judge. (1:20-cv-03685-GLR)

Submitted: March 31, 2023 Decided: April 12, 2023

Before NIEMEYER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ON BRIEF: David C.M. Ledyard, LEDYARD LAW LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, for

Appellant. Glenn T. Marrow, Bradley J. Neitzel, BALTIMORE COUNTY OFFICE OF

LAW, Towson, Maryland; Edmund J. O’Meally, Andrew G. Scott, PESSIN KATZ LAW,

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P.A., Towson, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Courtney Lancaster appeals the district court’s order granting in part and denying

in part Defendants’ motions for judgment on the pleadings and to dismiss for failure to

state a claim her civil action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Maryland state law. Reviewing

the district court’s rulings partially granting the motions for judgment on the pleadings and

to dismiss de novo, see Sheppard v. Visitors of Va. State Univ., 993 F.3d 230, 234 (4th Cir.

2021); Drager v. PLIVA USA, Inc., 741 F.3d 470, 474 (4th Cir. 2014), we find no reversible

error by the district court and affirm for the reasons it stated. Lancaster v. Bd. of Educ. of

Balt. Cnty., No. 1:20-cv-03685-GLR (D. Md. Sept. 13, 2021). We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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