( July 28, 2025, 2:31 PM EDT) -- CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — In a case brought by a school parent alleging that a school board and several school district staff members deprived him of his First Amendment rights in banning him from attending school board meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic, an Iowa federal magistrate judge on July 25 denied the parent’s motion to amend his complaint to add a claim for punitive damages, determining that the parent had not been diligent in seeking leave to amend upon discovery of the evidence cited for the new claim....