McGuire v. Independent School District No. 833, No. 15-3885 (8th Cir. 2017)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed suit against the school district, alleging that the district and others violated his due process rights by declining to renew his coaching contract solely on the basis of parental complaints. The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed the due process claims. The court held that the 2013 amendment to Minnesota Statue 122A.33 did not grant plaintiff a property interest in the renewal of his coaching contract.
Court Description: Kelly, Author, with Loken and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil rights. A 2013 amendment to Minn. Stat. Section 122A.33 did not give plaintiff a protected property interest in the renewal of his coaching contract because it did not sufficiently limit the School Board's discretion; as a result, plaintiff's procedural due process claims were properly dismissed. Judge Colloton, concurring in the judgment.
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