United States Fourth Circuit

Defendant-school's failure to promptly notify parents of their child's detention, for allegedly bringing a gun to school, did not violate the constitutional rights of either the parents or the child.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2004
• Published 11/19/2004

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and Roger W. TITUS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Terry N. Grimes, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellants.   Elizabeth Kay Dillon, Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, P.C., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee Jason Markham;  Charles Robison Allen, Jr., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellees Rita Evans, Erika Rosa, and Botetourt County School Board. ON BRIEF:  Jim H. Guynn, Jr., Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, P.C., Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee Jason Markham.