United States Eighth Circuit

In a case alleging that defendant-superintendent of schools infringed teacher's procedural due process rights by denying him a name-clearing hearing after he was stigmatized by defamatory statements made by other school officials, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where it failed to allege the elements of a "stigma plus" claim as plaintiff failed to allege an alteration or extinguishment of a right or legal status.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2007
• Published 02/23/2007

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Luther Oneal Sutter, Harrill & Sutter, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Clay Brazil, Brazil & Adlong, Conway, AR, for Appellee.