Friend v. Valley View Community Unit School Dist.

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-School District’s motion for summary judgment in section 1983 action by plaintiff-student, alleging, among other things, that defendant singled him out for school residency investigations that served to render him ineligible to participate in high school basketball program for 10 days in retaliation for plaintiff’s mother lodging various complaints with School District. Plaintiff failed to present any evidence to counter defendant’s explanation that instant residency concerns were prompted by complaint from unrelated third-parties and not plaintiff’s mother. Moreover, Dist. Ct. could properly accept defendant’s proposed facts when ruling on instant summary judgment motion, where plaintiff’s failed to comply with local rule requiring him to make references to record when proposing alternative set of facts. Also, Ct. held that plaintiff had waived most of his appellate arguments regarding Dist. Ct.’s dismissal of other aspects of his section 1983 complaint due to his failure to comply with citation to record requirements set forth in Fed. R. App. Pro. 28(a).