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Bedone v. Kayenta Unified School Dist. No. 27 of Navajo County

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 12, 1997
113 F.3d 1240 (9th Cir. 1997)

Summary

holding that newspaper articles do not fall under residual exception to hearsay absent extraordinary circumstances that provide sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness

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Opinion


113 F.3d 1240 (9th Cir. 1997) Larry BEDONE, a single man; Elvis Stanley, a single man; Tony Bigman, a single man; Frank Boone, a single man; Roland Yellowhair, a single man, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KAYENTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 27, OF NAVAJO COUNTY, a Legal Entity; Joseph W. Martin, individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of Kayenta School District No. 27, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-17184 United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit May 12, 1997

Submitted May 5, 1997.

The panel finds this case appropriate for submission without oral argument pursuant to Fed.R.App.P. 34(a) and Ninth Cir.R. 34-4.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, No. CV-94-1468-EHC; Paul G. Rosenblatt, District Judge, Presiding.

D.Ariz.

AFFIRMED.

Before: PREGERSON, NOONAN, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges

ORDER

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Cir.R. 36-3.

Larry Bedone and other former students of a school on a Navajo reservation appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Kayenta Unified School District Number 27 and District Superintendent Joseph Martin in the students' 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 20 U.S.C. § 1681 action regarding sexual abuse by a teacher. For the reasons stated in the district court's order of October 2, 1995, the district court's grant of summary judgment is AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Bedone v. Kayenta Unified School Dist. No. 27 of Navajo County

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
May 12, 1997
113 F.3d 1240 (9th Cir. 1997)

holding that newspaper articles do not fall under residual exception to hearsay absent extraordinary circumstances that provide sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness

Summary of this case from Habibi v. Barr
Case details for

Bedone v. Kayenta Unified School Dist. No. 27 of Navajo County

Case Details

Full title:Larry BEDONE, a single man; Elvis Stanley, a single man; Tony Bigman, a…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 12, 1997

Citations

113 F.3d 1240 (9th Cir. 1997)

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