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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1018 I. S., By and Through His Attorney in Fact, M. S., et al. v. Fulton County School District Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-24 Denied Response Waived free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-plan procedural-safeguards psychological-report school-district Does a school district predetermine a child's IEP under the IDEA where it secretly alters a psychological report and refuses to engage meaningfully wi…
23A1130 Andrea Phillips, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of S.H., et al. v. David C. Banks, in His Official Capacity as the Chancellor of New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete disability-classification free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-program judicial-review special-education Whether the standard of judicial review for State Review Officer decisions in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) cases requires more t…
23-750 Jennica Carmona, Individually, and as Parent and Natural Guardian of B. A., et al. v. New Jersey Department of Education, et al. Third Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion change-in-placement disability-rights due-process educational-placement equal-protection idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act rehabilitation-act standing virtual-instruction Whether the move from in-person to virtual educational instruction and support services constitutes a change in placement under the Individuals with D…
23A561 Anne Davis, on Behalf of Braeden Davis v. District of Columbia District of Columbia 2023-12-18 Presumed Complete circuit-split disabilities-education idea individualized-education-program placement stay-put Whether a school district has an affirmative obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's stay-put provision to implement a stud…
23A439 Nancy Roe, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of A.R., et al. v. Maura T. Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete administrative-exhaustion fape idea mootness preliminary-injunction standing Whether the Supreme Court should clarify the standards for standing and mootness in educational disability rights cases involving administrative exhau…
23-507 Rita C. Simpson-Vlach, et vir, on Behalf of A. S. and M. S., et al. v. Michigan Department of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing disability-rights due-process education educational-access idea idea-compliance procedural-requirements remote-learning standing Did the Petitioners allege an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer standing?
23A207 Rita C. Simpson-Vlach, et al. v. Michigan Department of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-01 Presumed Complete free-appropriate-public-education IDEA mootness special-education standing-doctrine systemic-violations Whether parents of students with disabilities have Article III standing to bring a putative class action alleging systemic violations of the Individua…
23-5007 Alexis Carberry Benson, on Behalf of Minor Child K.C., Jr., et al. v. Fort Mill Schools/York County District 4, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-justice ada district-court-jurisdiction idea idea-law in-forma-pauperis individual-immunity pro-se right-to-counsel section-1983 Should Plaintiffs/Parents filing a Federal Complaint through IDEA Section 504 or ADA, be accorded the right to counsel when filing pro se' and/or in f…
22-7430 Debora D. v. John D., et al. California 2023-05-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process idea idea-protections jurisdiction parental-rights procedural-safeguards special-education standing Did the California Court act in Obstruction of the Federal Individuals Disabilities Act (IDEA) Jurisdiction and Protections?
22-241 Marie Farrell, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights disabilities-education due-process executive-agency executive-power idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunction-standard pendency-provision public-interest school-mask-mandate state-executive-power Whether the State Executive's promulgation of a statewide school mask mandate that conflicts with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDE…
21-1479 S. W. and C. W., on Behalf of Their Minor Child, B. W. v. Capistrano Unified School District Ninth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights due-process education free-appropriate-public-education IDEA idea-compliance individualized-education-program parental-placement private-school reimbursement school-district-duty special-education-rights Does a school district have an affirmative duty under the IDEA to prepare an annual IEP for a child for the upcoming school year even after the parent…
20-1546 Bellflower Unified School District v. Fernando Lua, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process fape idea individualized-education-program local-educational-agency ninth-circuit parochial-school reassessments special-education unilateral-private-placement Is the District of Residence the responsible Local Educational Agency for providing reassessments, and coordinate provision of special education, to a…
20-402 Chad Richardson, et ux., Individually and as Parents and Next Friends of L v. Omaha School District Eighth Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-procedures administrative-proceedings attorneys-fees attorneys'-fees circuit-split civil-rights due-process IDEA idea-statute judicial-review limitations-period What type of state statute of limitations should courts borrow for attorneys'-fees-actions under 20-U.S.C.-§-1415(i)(3)(B)(i)(I)?
20-187 Okwudili Francis Chukwuani v. Solon City School District Sixth Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-appeal civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction idea idea-stay-put parental-rights special-education standing Can an unconstitutional denial of parental rights by a State Court, due to a complaint about IDEA 'stay put' violation, be used to deny jurisdiction f…
18-1591 R. F., a Minor Child, By and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, E. F. and H. F., et al. v. Cecil County Public Schools Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied administrative-law due-process educational-benefit educational-rights fape free-appropriate-public-education hearing-officer idea individuals-with-disabilities-education-act-idea parental-participation procedural-safeguards special-education Whether a violation of the IDEA's procedures that significantly impedes parents' opportunity to participate in the decisionmaking process regarding th…
18-641 J. M., By and Through his Mother, Maria Mandeville v. Kathryn Matayoshi, Superintendent, Hawaii Public Schools, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response Waived autism bullying burden-of-proof due-process endrew-f fape free-appropriate-public-education idea individualized-education-program special-education special-education-law Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to follow the Supreme Court's standard for a free appropriate public education (FAPE) established in…