United States Second Circuit

A mother, whose parental right to participate in her daughter's education had been revoked by a Vermont family court, lacked standing to pursue Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) claims challenging educational decisions made with respect to her child. Plaintiff had an individual right to records access under the IDEA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2002
• Published 12/20/2002

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before: POOLER, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KAPLAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Dingley, Roesler, Whittlesey, Meekins & Amidon, Burlington, VT, (Marsha S. Meekins, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Davis Buckley, Theriault & Joslin, P.C., Montpelier, VT, (Laura Q. Pelosi, on the brief) for Defendants-Appellees Addison Northeast Supervisory Union, Starksboro School District, Mary Heins and Louise Acker., Patti R. Page, Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C., Burlington, VT, for Defendants-Appellees Addison Central Supervisory Union, Weybridge School District, John Murphy, Amy Brown, and Christina Johnson., Geoffrey A. Yudien, Special Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Department of Education, for William H. Sorrell, Attorney General for the State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, for Defendants-Appellees Vermont Department of Education and Commissioner David S. Wolk.