Case: 12-60264
Document: 00513162565
Page: 1
Date Filed: 08/20/2015
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 12-60264
August 20, 2015
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
TAYLOR BELL; DORA BELL, individually and as mother of Taylor Bell,
Plaintiffs - Appellants
v.
ITAWAMBA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD; TERESA MCNEECE,
Superintendent of Education for Itawamba County, Individually and in her
official capacity; TRAE WIYGUL, principal of Itawamba Agricultural High
School, Individually and in his official capacity,
Defendants - Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH,
BARKSDALE,
DENNIS,
CLEMENT,
PRADO,
OWEN,
ELROD,
SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON and COSTA, Circuit
Judges.
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Away from school or a school function and without using school resources
(off-campus speech), Taylor Bell, a student at Itawamba Agricultural High
School in Itawamba County, Mississippi, posted a rap recording containing
threatening language against two high school teachers/coaches on the Internet
(first on his publicly accessible Facebook profile page and then on YouTube),