Three of the four causes of action listed in the lawsuit filed Nov. 23 by a Stevens Creek Elementary School teacher against representatives of the Cupertino Union School District may be dismissed.

In a March 30 hearing in federal district court, Judge James Ware indicated that his ruling would be made within a week.

The judge said he would consider the following three motions for dismissal:

• that representatives of the district violated the free speech rights of the teacher;

• that the district’s policy regarding the use of supplementary materials was vague;

• that the teacher’s right of religious expression had been violated.

The one cause of action under consideration to move forward is the allegation that representatives of the district treated Stephen Williams, the fifth-grade teacher who brought the suit, differently from the way they treated other teachers solely because of his religious beliefs.

The court’s decision does not address whether there was any merit to the one remaining claim but only whether the allegation of discrimination, if proved, would state a valid claim.

Judge Ware had not ruled on dismissal at press time.