Opinion ID: 613481
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: H.S.’s Due Process Claim — Property Interest

Text: Third, H.S. argued that the Defendants deprived her of her property right in participating in the cheerleading squad without due process. But H.S. asserted no allegations that she received insufficient process, a critical element of a due process violation. See Brown v. Tex. A & M Univ., 804 F.2d 327, 333-34 (5th Cir. 1986) (dismissing plaintiff’s due process claim for failure to allege “with particularity what processes he was due”). Indeed, the complaint reveals that H.S.’s father appealed her removal from the squad and argued for H.S.’s reinstatement before the school board, suggesting that process was available and received. Although H.S.’s appeal was initially unsuccessful, Bain subsequently lifted the ban on her participation and allowed her to try out for the squad for the following school year. Because H.S. failed to allege facts supporting an essential element of her due process claim, the district court did not clearly err in holding that her cheerleading squad due process claim was frivolous.