ATTORNEY PURSUING CHEER-CASE HEARING.Byline: Marci Wormser Staff Writer PALMDALE - An attorney said he will provide more evidence to support his request for a court order to force Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale to hold a public hearing on a Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). cheerleading The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. coach. Attorney Brian Reed was seeking the hearing on behalf of a rejected cheerleader's mother, who accused the coach of manipulating the selection process against her daughter. ``We believe the court will indeed grant the (order),'' Reed said after a hearing in Palmdale Superior Court. However, attorney R. Rex Parris, who is representing coach Tammy Stewart, said Palmdale Superior Court Judge Michael Doyle
Michael W. Doyle (born 1948) is an international relations scholar whose most influential work is Empires, an analysis of imperialism. told Reed on Thursday that he doubted it was possible for him to show just cause for the court order. ``We want this ridiculous case to go down the toilet where it belongs,'' Parris said. Reed represents Liz Smith Liz Smith may refer to:
Smith and her daughter filed a formal complaint against cheerleading coach Tammy Stewart in June but the high school district board decided against any discipline. Parris has asked Doyle to dismiss the lawsuit under a statute that guards against SLAPP SLAPP abbr. Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Partnerships lawsuits, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation Retaliatory lawsuits intended to silence, intimidate, or punish those who have used public forums to speak, petition, or otherwise move for government action on an issue. The term strategic lawsuits against public participation . The anti-SLAPP statute is designed to protect the right to free speech, according to legal experts. If somebody files a suit that is an attempt to get back at someone who exercised their right to free speech, the statute provides the ability for the defendant to charge suppression of free speech. The petition claims that Stewart told some of the judges at the tryouts whom she wanted on the team, how to vote and whom to give low scores. According to Parris, allegations that Stewart did not like Smith's daughter are false. In addition, Parris said the girl would not have made the team even without the coach's score. Parris said he decided to take on the case to make a statement against petty lawsuits. ``The reason we're involved is these cases give lawyers bad names,'' Parris said. |
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