United States Ninth Circuit

42 U.S.C. section 1983 does not create a cause of action for money damages under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for the lost earnings and suffering of a parent pursuing IDEA relief. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/31/2007
• Decided 12/03/2007
• Published 12/03/2007

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge:, Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, ALFRED T. GOODWIN and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lonnie Davis, Disabilities Law Project, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jocelyn J. Lyman, Law, Lyman, Daniel, Kamerrer & Bogdanovich, P.S., Olympia, WA, for the defendants-appellees.