MARANA, Ariz. — A federal lawsuit claims that the Marana Unified School District violated a student's First Amendment rights. A Marana High School student is at the center of the case after he allegedly received a 45-day suspension for an email he never sent.

Parents of the male student, who is a minor, filed the lawsuit. The teenager wrote an email to his English teacher with his mother on Oct. 9 of last year, according to the filing. The boy was a sophomore at the time.

The draft email contained jokes before the student typed, "GANG GANG GIMME A BETTER GRADE OR I SHOOT UP DA SKOOL HOMIE," the lawsuit said.

Gaggle, an AI software, alerted the school about the message. Principal Caitlyn Kaufman called the boy's mother and suspended the student for 10 days, which was later extended follo

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