Source: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/sarver-v-jackson-090209-598863062
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 10:52:26+00:00

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Party Name: SUZANNE SARVER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RON JACKSON, each personally and in their official capacities, KRISTI CARMAN, each personally and in their official capacities,et al., Defendants-Appellees.
RON JACKSON, each personally and in their official capacities, KRISTI CARMAN, each personally and in their official capacities,et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Before EDMONDSON, BLACK and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Sarver argues her due process rights were violated because (1) the school set the hearing during exams, (2) she was only given a general statement of the charges, (3) her sanction was arbitrarily increased to a suspension, and (4) her appeal was ignored because it was sent by e-mail. Sarver also contends the defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity.
Section 1983 provides a remedy for deprivation of federal statutory and constitutional rights. Almand v. DeKalb, 103 F.3d 1510, 1512 (11th Cir. 1997). "In order to prevail on a civil rights action under § 1983, a plaintiff must show that he or she was deprived of a federal right by a person acting under color of state law." Griffin v. City of Opa-Locka, 261 F.3d 1295, 1303 (11th Cir. 2001). A state official, when sued in his official capacity for damages, is not a person within the meaning of § 1983. Will v. Michigan Dep't of State Police, 109 S.Ct. 2304, 2312 (1989).

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