Judge Rejects Bid to End Chris Kluwe Suit Over High School Job

Nov. 6, 2025, 1:46 AM UTC

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe can proceed with most of his claims in his suit alleging a California school district fired him from a coaching job for publicly criticizing the construction of a local “Make America Great Again” plaque.

Judge Fred W. Slaughter, of the US District Court for the Central District of California, also imposed $2,000 in sanctions, among other things, on William J. Becker, a lawyer for an individual defendant in the case, for submitting an AI-generated motion with hallucinated case citations and misinterpretations of existing case law.

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