A.H. v. Simi Valley Unified School Dist. CA2/6
Four seniors at Simi Valley High School (SVHS), including the class valedictorian and salutatorian, were suspended from school for three days and had their graduation privileges revoked for drinking alcohol or using marijuana during Prom Night. The students (collectively “plaintiffs”) brought this action for damages against the Simi Valley Unified School District (District), Principal Dean May and Assistant Principal Brian Cox for violation of their Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. (42 U.S.C. § 1983 (section 1983).) They claim May and Cox violated their procedural due process rights by providing inadequate notice of the charges against them and depriving them of a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
May and Cox moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted the motions, concluding plaintiffs had failed to raise a triable issue of material fact as to their liability for the alleged due process violations or supervisory liability claims.
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