United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiffs' discrimination claim for failure to exhaust administrative remedies under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is reversed where exhaustion of plaintiff's complaint resolution procedure was an adequate substitute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2004
• Decided 10/08/2004
• Published 10/08/2004

Judges

• Before:  TASHIMA and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and LEIGHTON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joyce L. Carrillo, Esq., Varma & Clancy, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey R. Olson, Esq., Modesto, CA, for the defendants-appellees.