United States Second Circuit

For the award of attorneys' fees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a settlement of an administrative proceeding is the equivalent of an administrative decree on the merits if the parties' obligation to comply with the terms of the settlement agreement has been made part of the order of dismissal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2005
• Published 05/10/2005

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge:, Before: McLAUGHLIN, SACK, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kristin M. Helmers, Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Leonard Koerner, Martin Bowe, of counsel), New York, NY, for defendant-appellant in both appeals., Michael D. Hampden, Legal Services for Children, Inc., New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees A.R., M.S., and M.L. in Nos. 02-9471, 02-9472, and 02-09473., Gary S. Mayerson, Mayerson & Associates (Amanda L. Oren, of counsel), New York, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees S.W. and M.M. in No. 03-7258.