No Qualified Immunity as to Allegations that Pre-K School Principal Failed to Respond to Sexual Molestation of Student by Teacher

No Qualified Immunity as to Allegations that Pre-K School Principal Failed to Respond to Sexual Molestation of Student by Teacher

From Doe v. Jewell, decided Friday by Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham, joined by Judges Don Willett and James Ho: Parents of a pre-kindergarten student bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against April Jewell, a school principal, for failure to respond to sexual molestation of their daughter by a faculty member. The district court denied Jewell's motion to dismiss on the basis of qualified immunity finding that she failed her duty to pr…