Petaluma City Schools removed from bullying lawsuit

A former Petaluma Middle School student’s bullying lawsuit against the student’s classmates, district and school is headed for trial next summer, but the case no longer involves school or district officials, according to court filings.

Petaluma City Schools was dismissed from the case Aug. 2, according to court records, joining a school resource officer and a former assistant principal who have also been dismissed after being named in the initial lawsuit, which was filed in late January.

The lawsuit now centers on the former students’ classmates, including the one she alleges attacked her two years ago in a video-recorded confrontation, as well as witnesses to that attack. The case is set for trial July 11, 2022, in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

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