CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit ruled that it is too early to weigh in on former Illinois State University football coach Kurt Beathard’s lawsuit claiming he was fired for removing a Black Lives Matter poster from his door and replacing it with a handwritten note that read, “All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.” Because the lower court has not yet addressed whether head coach Brock Spack and a former university athletic director are entitled to qualified immunity, their appeal of the court’s decision to deny dismissal can’t yet be heard.
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