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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Robin Allen, Petitioner, v. Richard Winn Academy, Kristen Chaisson (in her individual capacity and as Head of School), and John Ryan II, Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000805

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Fairfield County Eugene C. Griffith, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2024-MO-024 Heard October 30, 2024 – Filed November 6, 2024

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Larry Conrad Marchant, Jr., of Law Office of Larry C.

Marchant, Jr.; and David Douglas Hawkins, of The Hawkins Law Office, LLC, both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Curtis W. Dowling and Matthew G. Gerrald, both of Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson, LLP, of Columbia; and Creighton B. Coleman, of Coleman & Tolen, LLC, of Winnsboro, all for Respondents Richard Winn Academy and Kristen Chaisson; and Paul L. Reeves, of Reeves and Lyle, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent John Ryan II.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Allen v. Richard Winn Academy, Kristen Chaisson (in her individual capacity and as Head of School), and John Ryan II, 2023-UP-129 (S.C. Ct. App. filed March 29, 2023). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KITTREDGE, C.J., FEW, JAMES, HILL and VERDIN, JJ., concur.