Cheyenne Johnson v. Mount Pleasant Public Schools, et al.

Bay City, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that her child's rights were violated.



This is a case about a public-school teacher,

Jason Russell, who had good reason to believe that a student, X.M., brought a handgun to school;

Russell's actions to protect against that threat; and the lawsuit by Cheyenne Johnson, X.M.'s

mother, against Russell for those actions. In this interlocutory appeal, Russell challenges the

district court's denial of qualified immunity on Johnson's claims of Fourth Amendment

violations. The district court denied Russell's motion because it decided that certain disputed

facts required a determination by a jury, and our dissenting colleague agrees. But the critical

fact—and arguably the only material fact—is not in dispute: Russell had good cause to believe

that X.M. might have had a gun at school.

Reversed