United States Ninth Circuit

The award of compensatory services and the denial of attorney's fees in a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is reversed and remanded for a determination of reasonable fees where the district court abused its discretion in holding that appellants were not the prevailing party in the action.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2005
• Decided 09/28/2006
• Published 09/28/2006

Judges

• Before ROBERT R. BEEZER, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Benjamin Y. Kim, Torrance, California;  Paula D. Pearlman and Shawna L. Parks, Western Law Center for Disability Rights, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan J. Mott, Parker & Covert LLP, Tustin, CA, for the defendants-appellees.