Lassonde v. Pleasanton Unified School District

320 F.3d 979 Nicholas LASSONDE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Mary Frances Callan, individually and as Superintendent of Pleasanton Unified School District; Jim Negri, individually and as Assistant Superintendent of Pleasanton Unified School District; and Bill Coupe, individually and as Principal of Amador Valley High School, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-17226. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 17, 2003. Filed February 19, 2003. Steven N.H. Wood, Stoddard, Bergquist & Wood, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Gregory E. Stubbs, Stubbs & Leone, Walnut Creek, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Bruce W. Green, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, for the amicus curiae. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Thelton E. Henderson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-02150-TEH(JL). Before HUG, ALARCÓN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. OPINION GRABER, Circuit Judge. 1 Plaintiff Nicholas Lassonde brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , alleging that school officials violated his First Amendment rights by censoring…