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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
________________________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
SEPT 13, 2006
No. 06-11909 THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 04-00365-CV-WDO-5
JAMES RAYMOND STEWART, JR.,
FRANKIE CAUSEY, GEORGE DEUHART,
MARIO T. SMITH, WILL MORTON,
JAMES B. ALEXANDER, JR.,
JEROME OWENS, JR.,
NATHAN JEROME HARRIS,
CHRISTOPHER FLEMING,
NICKALOUS GREEN, RAMONE LEWIS,
ANTWAN KIRKLAND, COREY MURPHY,
FRED WILLIAMS, R. W. WILLIAMS,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
versus
BIBB COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION,
RAYNETTE EVANS, individually and in
her capacity as Athletic Director of the Bibb
County Schools,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Georgia
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(September 13, 2006)
Before CARNES, PRYOR and HILL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff Stewart, coach of a high school football team, and other plaintiffs,
former football players on the team, bring action against the Bibb County, Georgia,
Board of Education and the Athletic Director for the Bibb County Schools.
Plaintiffs allege that they were damaged when the Georgia High School
Association forfeited the school’s games for the season having found that a
residence eligibility rule had been violated by the team’s including a non-county
resident. The Athletic Director and Board of Education members failed to appeal
the ruling. Damages were alleged to have been sustained by the loss of
opportunities to participate in playoff games, loss of exposure to college recruiting
coaches, etc.
Defendants’ motion to dismiss, converted to a motion for summary
judgment, was granted. Plaintiffs appeal.
We have carefully reviewed the record, the briefs of the parties and the
Order and Judgment of the Honorable Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., United States District
Judge in Stewart v. Bibb County Bd. of Ed., No. 5:04 CV 365, 2006 WL 449197
(M.D. Ga. Feb. 23, 2006).
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Finding no reversible error therein, the summary judgment in favor of
defendants/appellees is AFFIRMED.
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