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KING v. PIONEER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERV.

No. A09A1567.

688 S.E.2d 7 (2009)

KING et al. v. PIONEER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orr, Brown & Johnson, E. Wycliffe Orr, Sr., William E. Cannon, III, Gainesville, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Jennifer L. Dalton, Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorneys General; Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, Phillip L. Hartley; Crim & Bassler, Harry W. Bassler, Atlanta, for appellees.

Jonathan Zimring, Dawn R. Smith, Atlanta, for amici curiae.

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

While attending the Alpine Psychoeducational Program ("Alpine"), which is a school for students with severe emotional behavior disorders, Jonathan King committed suicide. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, his parents, Donald and Tina King, sued Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency ("Pioneer RESA"), which acts as a local school system in managing Alpine, alleging that Pioneer RESA violated their son's substantive due process rights...

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