| 25-721 |
Jennie Landsman, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of J. L. v. Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2025-12-18 |
Pending |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure burlington-carter-test due-process individuals-with-disabilities-education-act reimbursement special-education |
1. Under the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, in order to determinewhether the parent of a disabled child is
entitled to reimbursement fro… |
| 24-197 |
Rose Izzo v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al. |
Delaware |
2024-08-22 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
14th-amendment Can the Third Circuit disobey the Supreme Court's class-action disability-rights due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act opt-out
24-196" opt-out-rights settlement stay-put-provision stockholder-rights supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-ruling |
Does the due process clause of the 14th Amendment require courts to give objecting stockholders the right to opt-out in a monetary settlement of a cla… |
| 24-196 |
Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2024-08-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
disability-rights educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act stay-put-provision supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-ruling |
Can the Third Circuit disobey the Supreme Court's holding to rule that age 21 is a condition to end stay-put protection? |
| 23-1074 |
David Howard Plotkin v. Montgomery County Public Schools |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-04-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights disabilities-education-act due-process free-appropriate-public-education individual-education-program individuals-with-disabilities-education-act material-failure school-district-liability special-education |
When is a school district's material failure to provide special education services included in a child's Individual Education Program also a failure t… |
| 23-936 |
Anne Davis, on Behalf of Braeden Davis v. District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2024-02-27 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-proceedings appeals civil-procedure due-process due-process-rights educational-placement idea-dispute individuals-with-disabilities-education-act special-education-law stay-put-provision |
Whether and to what extent Section 1415(j) imposes obligations on school officials when a child's exact pre-dispute educational placement is no longer… |
| 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… |
| 23-461 |
Maria Navarro Carrillo, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-11-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law civil-rights cooperative-federalism disability-rights due-process individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review state-statutes statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Second Circuit erred in setting aside binding state law in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act case |
| 23-431 |
Eileen Mendez, Individually and as Legal Guardian of A. C., et al. v. David C. Banks, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-10-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-process automatic-injunction cooperative-federalism idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunctive-relief pendency pendency-placement special-education stay-put stay-put-provision |
Whether the stay-put provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (DEA) entitled Plaintiffs to an automatic injunction directing the D… |
| 23-284 |
H. C., Individually and on Behalf of J. C., a Child With a Disability, et al. v. New York City Department of Education |
Second Circuit |
2023-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
attorneys-fees court-discretion disability-rights discretion due-process due-process-hearing educational-agency idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act prevailing-rates settlement-offers |
How does 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(8)(G) affect an award of attorneys' fees under the IDEA? |
| 23A174 |
Maria Navarro Carrillo, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-08-25 |
Presumed Complete |
|
congressional-intent disabled-students FAPE free-appropriate-public-education individuals-with-disabilities-education-act state-administrative-deference |
Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act permits states to provide greater protections to disabled students than those mandated by the … |
| 23A115 |
Eileen Mendez, Individually and as Legal Guardian of A. C., et al. v. David C. Banks, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-08-08 |
Presumed Complete |
|
individuals-with-disabilities-education-act irreparable-harm pendency-placement preliminary-injunction special-education-funding stay-put-provision |
Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's stay-put provision, 20 U.S.C. § 1415(j), requires a school district to fund a student's pend… |
| 22-840 |
K. M., Individually and on Behalf of M. M. and S. M., et al. v. Eric L. Adams, Mayor of the City of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2023-03-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies affirmative-defense claim-processing-rule disability-education idea-statute individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-challenge jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement waiver |
Whether IDEA exhaustion requirement is jurisdictional or a claim-processing rule |
| 22-778 |
Danielle Howard Martinez, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
|
covid-19-education declaratory-relief disability-rights free-appropriate-public-education idea-compliance individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunctive-relief mootness mootness-doctrine school-closures state-educational-agencies |
Whether Petitioners' claims that the CDE Defendants violated federal law |
| 22-697 |
Heather B., Parent and Next Friend of S. S., et al. v. Houston Independent School District, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-01-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-find civil-rights disability-rights due-process idea-compliance individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parental-notice private-school private-schools special-education standing state-school-districts |
Whether parents of a previously IDEA eligible blind student attending a private school bear any responsibility to give notice of their child's needs t… |
| 22-310 |
A. W., et al. v. Princeton Public Schools Board of Education, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2022-10-03 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
civil-rights educational-placement educational-placement-and-settlement-agreement federal-court individuals-with-disabilities-education-act procedural-safeguards special-education state-law waiver-of-rights |
Whether a school district can condition special education services on a parent's agreement to waive a child's federal statutory and civil rights |
| 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… |
| 21-8126 |
Alex Clarfeld, Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Child, P. M. v. Hawaii Department of Education |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-06-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
disability-law due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act prior-written-notice procedural-rights school-officials special-education stay-put-provision unilateral-placement-change |
Does the 'stay-put' provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act imply a right to prevent school officials from unilaterally changing … |
| 21-1373 |
D. D., A Minor, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Michaela Ingram, v. Los Angeles Unified School District |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-04-22 |
GVR |
Relisted (4) |
americans-with-disabilities-act exhaustion exhaustion-requirement fry-v-napoleon-community-schools futility-doctrine idea-administrative-procedures individuals-with-disabilities-education-act money-damages section-1415 special-education-claims |
Whether Section 1415(/) requires exhaustion of anon-IDEA claim seeking money damages that are not available under the IDEA? |
| 21-887 |
Miguel Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-12-15 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (12)Response RequestedRelisted (4) |
administrative-proceedings americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights exhaustion-requirement futility-exception individuals-with-disabilities-education-act money-damages statutory-interpretation |
Whether the IDEA's exhaustion requirement applies when the plaintiff's non-IDEA claim has been dismissed from IDEA proceedings and the plaintiff has s… |
| 21-137 |
Amanda P., et vir, as Parents and Next Friends of T. P., a Minor Individual with a Disability v. Copperas Cove Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-08-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
clear-error de-novo-review endrew-f-standard endrew-f-v-douglas-county free-appropriate-public-education individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-deference retrospective-assessment standard-of-review |
Whether de novo review or clear error is the standard of review applicable to the FAPE-determination under IDEA |
| 20-1377 |
William V., et ux. v. Copperas Cove Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-04-02 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process educational-services idea-statute individuals-with-disabilities-education-act legal-standard procedural-waiver special-education standing |
Is not specifically naming non-dispositive factors, when actually arguing the factors, a waiver of claims? |
| 20-905 |
Independent School District No. 283 v. E. M. D. H. ex rel. L. H. and S. D. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
administrative-complaint administrative-procedure continuing-violation-doctrine education-law federal-circuit-split individuals-with-disabilities-education-act negative-consequences statutory-time-limit |
Whether the continuing violation doctrine applies to the two-year statutory time limit to file an administrative complaint under the Individuals with … |
| 20-901 |
Spring Branch Independent School District v. O. W., By Next Friend Hannah W. |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
child-find individuals-with-disabilities-education-act public-school-district reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations school-district section-504 special-education |
Is a public school district's use of Section 504 accommodations a reasonable step in the process of complying with its Child Find obligation under the… |
| 20-713 |
Rosa Elba Ventura de Paulino v. New York City Department of Education, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2020-11-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights disability-rights due-process educational-support idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act pendency pendency-services school-district special-education |
Does a school district have an affirmative obligation to provide pendency-related educational and support services to its special education students u… |
| 20-6234 |
Karen Moynihan v. West Chester Area School District, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process endrew-f-v-douglas-cty-sch-dist individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review special-education standing supreme-court-precedent third-circuit third-circuit-court |
Did the United States District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit disregard this Honorable Court's Opinion on the Individuals with Disabilities Ed… |
| 20-205 |
Z. B., By and Through His Mother, Sylvia Sanchez v. District of Columbia |
District of Columbia |
2020-08-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
change-in-placement circuit-court-split disability-rights free-and-appropriate-public-education free-appropriate-public-education individualized-education-program individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parent-participation school-placement special-education |
What is the definition of school placement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and when does a change in placement occur? |
| 19-1148 |
Michael Bruno, as Parent, Guardian, and Next Friend of R. B., a Minor, et al. v. Northside Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-03-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
comparable-services due-process educational-programming educational-services free-appropriate-public-education individuals-with-disabilities-education-act programming school-district special-education-programming student-transfer transfer-student |
Whether a reduction in a student's programming from a full-day to a half-day program is consistent with the mandate to provide 'similar' or 'equivalen… |
| 19-1043 |
Paul G., a Conserved Adult, By and Through His Conservator Steve G. v. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-21 |
Denied |
|
administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedures due-process-complaint exhaustion-requirement free-appropriate-public-education futility-exception individuals-with-disabilities-education-act local-educational-agency non-IDEA-claims relief-not-available-under-IDEA settlement-agreement |
Whether exhaustion of the administrative procedures provided by the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act is required when Plaintiffs seek re… |
| 19-972 |
Christopher Edward McMillen v. New Caney Independent School District |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-exhaustion circuit-split disability-rights education-law individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review non-IDEA-claims procedural-requirements relief-not-available-under-IDEA standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires administrative exhaustion for non-IDEA claims seeking relief not available und… |
| 19-658 |
J. G., By and Through His Parents, Howard Greenberg, et ux. v. Hawaii Department of Education, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-proceedings burden-of-proof circuit-split florence-county-school-district-four-v-carter individuals-with-disabilities-education-act placement-change private-school-placement public-placement schaffer-v-weast special-education |
Whether the burden of proof shifts when the public agency seeks to change the educational placement of a child with a disability |
| 19-616 |
W.A., Individually and on Behalf of W.E., et al. v. Hendrick Hudson Central School District |
Second Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
|
circuit-split deference-to-administrative-decisions due-process free-appropriate-public-education idea-fape-private-school-deference-administrative- individuals-with-disabilities-education-act private-placement school-district-obligations special-education-law standard-of-review |
When a school district defaults on its obligations to provide a student with a disability a free appropriate public education (FAPE) as guaranteed by … |
| 19-229 |
C. D., By and Through Her Parents, M. D. and P. D., et al. v. Natick Public School District, et al. |
First Circuit |
2019-08-21 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split due-process educational-placement individuals-with-disabilities-education-act least-restrictive-environment mainstreaming mainstreaming-mandate regular-classes special-education supplementary-aids-and-services supplementary-aids-services |
When does a school district's decision to educate a child with disabilities outside the regular classroom violate the IDEA's mainstreaming mandate? |
| 18-9209 |
H. F. v. Board of Education of the Township of Teaneck |
New Jersey |
2019-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-review due-process free-appropriate-public-education homeless-student homelessness idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act special-education stay-put-provision |
Is the District of residence legally required to 'stay-put' and not TERMINATE a multi-handicapped and homeless students legal right to a 'Free Appropr… |
| 18-815 |
T. B., Jr., By and Through His Parents, T. B., Sr., et ux. v. Prince George’s County Board of Education, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2018-12-28 |
Denied |
|
child-find child-find-requirement disability-accommodation educational-decline educational-rights forest-grove-school-dist-v-ta forest-grove-school-district-v-ta individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parental-requests procedural-violation special-education special-education-supports |
Whether a disabled student deprived of an appropriate education under IDEA may be left without a remedy |