United States Ninth Circuit
J.L. v. Mercer Island Sch. Dist., 07-35716
In an action claiming that defendant-school district failed to provide plaintiff with a free appropriate public education as required by the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), judgment for plaintiff is reversed where: 1) there is no plausible way to read the definition of "transition services" in an amendment to the IDEA as changing the free appropriate public education standard; and 2) the district court erred by addressing claims that plaintiff had failed to exhaust.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/10/2008
- Decided 08/06/2009
- Published 08/06/2009
Judges
- BEEZER, Circuit Judge:, Before: ROBERT R. BEEZER, RONALD M. GOULD and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- James J. Dionne, Lisa M. Worthington-Brown, Lynette M. Baisch, Dionne & Rorick, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant., Howard C. Powers, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.