Federal Judge rejects a lawsuit

The Federal Court questioned that the leaders of the independent school districts of the Southern Santonio had violated the civil rights of the former member of the Board and arrested him as a tactic of intimidation.

Abel “Chillidogg” Martinez He filed a claim On December 3, arguing that last year, the officials of the Southern San San -San -San -San -organized an illegal scheme to take revenge on the trustee for being frank in his criticism of the district.

Last week, US District Judge Jason Pulliam rejected the prejudice case, that is, it could not be reissued. The decision came after Martinez and his legal adviser were unable to follow the term of December 17 to respond to the defendant’s request for rejecting lawsuits. They claimed that Martinez had no legal merit.

“This procedural posture indicates that Martinez has refused to participate or continue the trial of this issue,” Pullim said in a memorandum that throws a claim.

The litigation was derived from the board meeting in September 2023, where the President of the Board Manuel Lopez called Martinez Clown for wearing a T -shirt, sandals and a baseball hat.

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Next month three people dressed as clowns – to show Martinez’s support – were Ejected from a board meeting. Chaos arose when Martinez returned to a closed session after escorting the clowns from the reign room.

In a criminal complaint on Martinez Lopez accused the proxy of winnings and explosions of district workers. Ernesto Arrellanano’s guardian said the behavior of Martinez police made him “very uncomfortable and worried that Martinez would try to physically attack the President of the Board or someone in the room.”

In his lawsuit, Martinez claimed that the area used conflicting information from witnesses to seek him a warrant for arrest. According to the district police, Martinez retreated from the gas station on October 31, 2023, after the Southern San -Izd police reported him of the arrest warrant.

Later Martinez was arrested and reserved to Bexar’s county prison for violations and a crime of evasion of arrest with a vehicle. He was released from prison after placing a combined pledge of $ 8,500.

Later, the judge rejected both charges for insufficient amount of evidence.

Martinez judicial disputes claimed that his arrest was illegal because “it was developed and executed as part of a high -level policy to take revenge on Martinez’s political speech.”

Elected in 2023, the board member became known for his counteraction to the council operations and many of her decisions, including her Settlement Agreement with Texas Education Agency and The recent closure of the school.

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Martinez decided not to run for re -election of this November. In his lawsuit, Martinez stated that his arrest “designed to send a warning to any other in the southern San -Smin is enough to challenge the” status -quo.

In the news release, the lawyer of Southern San San Mark Anthony Sanchez stated that the dismissal was fully defined by the district, Lopez, Southern San Izd, Henry Isagarre and district law enforcement, and proves that they are “coping with this issue.”

According to him, the resolution now allows the district management to focus solely on improving the quality of education for Southern San students.

“The court’s ruling confirms that we supported all the time – this claim was unfounded and caused the unnecessary waste of dollars of taxpayers from it,” Sanchez said in a statement. “This release makes a convincing end of Mr. Martinez’s small circus and shameless seizure of money.”