Judge: High School Softball Players’ Constitutional Law Claim Can Continue

A federal judge from the District of Arizona ruled that a lawsuit brought by several high school softball players against their coach, who kicked them off the school’s team for allegedly not leading a Mormon prayer, can continue. But the court dismissed the claims against the Mesa Unified School District.   The three plaintiffs were former members of the 2014 Mountain View High School varsity girls’ softball team in Mesa, Arizona.   The plaintiffs alleged four causes of action, pur