Mealey's ( October 1, 2024, 12:30 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — A Michigan federal judge on Sept. 30 granted the motion for summary judgment of a Michigan school district and individual school board members in a lawsuit charging that the board members’ responses to a parent’s criticism of the district’s COVID-19 policy were retaliatory and in violation of the parent’s First Amendment free speech rights, finding that the actions of the board members did not constitute adverse actions that would deter the exercise of free speech rights....