Court Declines to Usurp Coach’s Discretion in Due Process Case

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Wisconsin has dismissed the claim of a jilted athlete against a coach and her high school athletic director, finding that her claim that they violated her right to substantive due process failed on numerous fronts.   The minor plaintiff, N.T., was a 5th grader in the School District of Westfield when the alleged behavior started. N.T. was friends with the daughter of coach Marcia Van Natta. But soon, the two young girls drifted apart. “They did