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'Clock boy' timeline:
Sept. 14, 2015: Ahmed Mohamed, 14, is arrested and suspended from MacArthur High School in Irving after bringing an alarm clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb.
Sept. 16, 2015: Former Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd announces that charges won't be filed against Ahmed.
Sept. 23, 2015: Ahmed and his two younger siblings are withdrawn from Irving ISD by their parents. The family hires legal counsel to get his homemade clock back.
October 2015: Ahmed's family announces it will move from Irving to Qatar. December 2015: The U.S. Department of Justice launches a civil rights investigation into allegations of harassment and possible religious discrimination in Irving ISD.
Aug. 8, 2016: Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, Ahmed's father, files a suit seeking “monetary and injunctive relief" against the city of Irving, Irving ISD and McArthur High School principal Daniel Cummings. The lawsuit alleged Ahmed’s civil rights were violated in September 2015.
May 19, 2017: A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed against Irving ISD, the city of Irving and others by Ahmed. The suit is refiled.
Tuesday: A federal judge dismisses, "with prejudice," the lawsuit against Irving ISD, the city of Irving and several others filed by Ahmed's father