A lawsuit against Clark County School District alleges that a special education teacher’s assistant body slammed and rubbed dirt into the scalp of an elementary school boy with autism in April.

The complaint was filed in District Court on Monday on behalf of Yazmina Ruiz and her son by her lawyer Andre Lagomarsino. The complaint lists Red Rock Elementary School specialized programs teacher’s assistant Alicia Fletcher, teacher Heidi Hunter and campus security monitor Deonte Harris as co-defendants.

The lawsuit accuses Fletcher of using excessive force against the then-10-year-old boy, and Hunter and Harris of failing to protect him from Fletcher’s alleged assault.

The Clark County district attorney’s office declined to pursue criminal charges against Fletcher, court records show. Neither

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