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Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a putative class action suit brought by and on behalf of children with disabilities who alleged that they did not get their educational needs met by their schools due to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30, 2021, the plaintiffs—children with disabilities and their parents—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS), and Washtenaw In…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Dracut School Committee v. Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

1:09-cv-10966 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 8, 2009

Closed Date: April 27, 2011

Plaintiff Dracut School Committee (“Dracut”) sought judicial review of two decisions of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (“DESE’s”) Bureau of Special Education Appeals (“BSEA”) pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1482. In the Initial Decision, issued on March 13, 2009, a BSEA Hearing Officer found that Dracut had failed to provide the student, C.A., who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Hyp…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
M.C. v. Los Angeles Unified School District

2:20-cv-09127 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

Student plaintiff filed a lawsuit on October 5, 2020 against the California Department of Education (CDE) claiming disability discrimination against students who require special education services during the summer period, or extended school year (“ESY”). The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and assigned to District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall and Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick. Plaintiff alleged violations of a state regulation, Cal. Code of Reg…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Gibson v. Forest Hills School District Board of Education

1:11-cv-00329 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 7, 2011

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2016

The plaintiffs, parents of a student with a disability, represented by Disability Rights Ohio, prevailed in part in an administrative complaint against a school district alleging that it failed to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). They filed a separate complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for attorneys’ fees on June 7, 2011, where it was docketed as No. 1:11-cv-00329. That case was a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.F. v. New York City Department of Education

1:21-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

On January 26, 2021, Disability Rights New York filed a class action complaint in the Eastern District of New York against the New York City Board of Education alleging that almost 2,000 Staten Island students with disabilities were “being educated in segregated and unequal public schools and classrooms in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), and the New York Cit…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.A. v. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

2:16-cv-14214 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

A student plaintiff appealed an unfavorable Due Process Hearing related to alleged IDEA violations to Federal Court on December 1, 2016  The case was assigned to Judge Sean F. Cox.  The lawsuit alleged that the district denied the student a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) in the least restrictive environment (“LRE”), as mandated by the IDEA, 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(5) and also asserted that the District violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12182, …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
J.R. v. Austin Independent School District

1:21-cv-00279 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2021

Case Ongoing

On March 29, 2021, Disability Rights Texas and several individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas challenging the Austin School District’s failure to timely evaluate students for eligibility under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The plaintiffs alleged that an estimated 800 students were on a waiting list for initial evaluations and twice as many students were late for their triennial reevaluations, in large part …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
H.P. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago

1:18-cv-00621 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit challenging the Chicago Public Schools' (CPS) and Illinois State Board of Education's policies for providing special education services to children who do not speak English fluently. The case was filed on January 29, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs claimed that the school district systematically fail to provide CPS students with disabilities, whose parents are Limited English Proficient (“LEP”), with a free app…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.P. v. Pasadena Unified School District

2:19-cv-07965 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2021

A student with disabilities sued the Pasadena School District in federal district court, Central District of California, for denial of a free appropriate public education under the IDEA, appealing the decision of a hearing officer that had ruled in the school's favor.  The case was assigned to Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald.  Per the complaint, the school was slow in ordering a special education evaluation, did not assess her in all areas of suspected disability, and failed to provide transition s…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Maple Heights School District Board of Education v. A.C., Individually and on behalf of A.W., a Minor

1:14-cv-01033 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 12, 2014

Closed Date: June 27, 2016

This case involves the educational deprivation of an IDEA eligible student who had been expelled and placed on home bound instruction by defendant Maple Heights School District.  The plaintiff filed the lawsuit on May 12, 2014 alleging violations of IDEA  and seeking compensatory education  The case was assigned to Judge Christopher A. Boyko of the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio.  On June 27, 2016, the court issued a ruling that affirmed decisions of the State Level Rev…