Mealey's ( October 3, 2024, 10:58 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A parent who sued a Michigan school district and individual school board members alleging that their responses to her criticism of the district’s COVID-19 policy were retaliatory and in violation of her First Amendment free speech rights on Oct. 2 filed a notice of appeal to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals after a Michigan federal court granted summary judgment in favor of the district and board members, having found that their responses did not constitute adverse actions that would violate her free speech rights....