Markethia Mull v. Houston Independent School District, et al.

Houston, Texas civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants claiming that they violated her constitutional rights.



Markethia Mull, a former kindergarten teacher at B.C. Elmore

Elementary School, sued Houston Independent School District, District

police officer Sonia Quintanilla, Principal Maguerite Gardea, and Shavonne

Sheltton1 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of her rights under the

First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments as well as claims under Texas

law. Mull sued after the District decided not to renew her teaching contract

in the wake of a physical altercation with a young student. The Defendants

moved to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failing

to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and the district court

granted their motion.

Affirmed.