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Parties Involved:
Janelle Bollman
Appellant
Scott Bollman
Appellant
Jerry Cecil
Not Party
John Ciesla
Not Party
Jerry Efurd
Not Party
Greenwood School District
Appellee
Todd Hales
Not Party
Greg Halsey
Not Party
Kaye Johnson Headley
Not Party
Clifton James
Not Party
Paul McCollom
Not Party
Mary Ann Sandifer
Not Party
Rozanne Sterling
Not Party
Jeff Turner
Not Party

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1403

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Scott Bollman; Janelle Bollman, as parents and next friends of L.B., a minor

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiffs - Appellants

v.

Greenwood School District

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee

John Ciesla, Superintendent of Schools, Greenwood School District; Dr. Kaye

Johnson Headley, former Superintendent of Schools, Greenwood School District;

Jerry Cecil, Assistant Superintendent/Equity Coordinator/Athletic Director; Jerry

Efurd, High School Principal; Todd Hales, member of the Board of Education of

the Greenwood School District; Mary Ann Sandifer, member of the Board of

Education of the Greenwood School District; Paul McCollom, member of the

Board of Education of the Greenwood School District; Greg Halsey, member of

the Board of Education of the Greenwood School District; Jeff Turner, member of

the Board of Education of the Greenwood School District; Clifton James, member

of the Board of Education of the Greenwood School District; Rozanne Sterling,

member of the Board of Education of the Greenwood School District, in their

individual and official capacities

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Ft. Smith

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Appellate Case: 15-1403 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/23/2015 Entry ID: 4349425 
 Submitted: December 1, 2015

 Filed: December 23, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Scott and Janelle Bollman, parents and next friends of L.B., a minor, appeal the

district court’s adverse grant of summary judgment in their action under Title VI of 1

the Civil Rights Act of 1964. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000d (no person in United States

shall, on ground of color, race, or national origin, be excluded from participating in,

denied benefits of, or discriminated against under any federally funded program or

activity). Based on a de novo review of the record, see Mumid v. Abraham Lincoln

High Sch., 618 F.3d 789, 793 (8th Cir. 2010), we find that even assuming the

complained-of conduct amounted to severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive

harassment of L.B. based on his race and national origin, there were no jury issues on

whether Greenwood School District was deliberately indifferent to any such

harassment of which there was actual notice. See Zeno v. Pine Plains Cent. Sch.

Dist., 702 F.3d 655, 666 (2d Cir. 2012) (school district’s actions are deliberately

indifferent only if they were clearly unreasonable based on known circumstances). 

The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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The Honorable P.K. Holmes, III, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

1

the Western District of Arkansas.

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Appellate Case: 15-1403 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/23/2015 Entry ID: 4349425