United States Ninth Circuit

In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), an order that a school had fulfilled its procedural requirements under IDEA was vacated and remanded where the school failed to evaluate the child for autism spectrum disorder, but instead referred the parents to possible third party evaluation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/09/2008
• Decided 09/04/2008
• Published 09/04/2008

Judges

• ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, SUSAN P. GRABER, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrée Larose, Montana Advocacy Program, Helena, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Brett M. Schuman, Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth A. Kaleva, Missoula, MT, for the defendant-appellee.