U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Sonya Williams v. Shelby Co, TN Bd of Education
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Helene N. White
- Filed
- May 12, 2025
- Case
- Sonya Williams v. Shelby Co, TN Bd of Education
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0239n.06 No. 22-5591 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT May 12, 2025 KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) SONYA P. WILLIAMS, ) Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT v. ) COURT FOR THE WESTERN ) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BOARD ) OF EDUCATION, ) OPINION Defendant-Appellee. ) ) Before: BATCHELDER, GRIFFIN, and WHITE, Circuit Judges. WHITE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which BATCHELDER and GRIFFIN, JJ., concurred. BATCHELDER, J. (pg. 31), delivered a separate concurring opinion. HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff-Appellant Sonya Williams brought claims under state and federal law against her former employer, Defendant-Appellee Shelby County Board of Education. The district court awarded Williams damages on one state-law claim but granted judgment for the Board on the remaining claims. Williams appeals, seeking additional damages for the lone claim on which she prevailed, and reversal and remand on the remaining claims. Because the district court incorrectly granted judgment for the Board on Williams’s § 1983 procedural-due-process claim, but did not otherwi…
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