Publication Date: 2020-09-23
Practice Area: Education Law
Industry: Education
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Wesley
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant: Mark Sargent, Westport, CT; Richard C. Pepperman II, James J. Browne, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Leonid Traps, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee: Ryan P. Driscoll, Berchem Moses PC, Milford, CT.
For Amici Curiae Connecticut Associations of Boards of Education, National School Boards Association, and New York State School Boards Association, Inc. in support of Defendant-Appellee: Rebecca Adams Rieder, Connecticut Association of Boards of Education, Wethersfield, CT.
For Amici Curiae Advocates for Children of New York, Legal Services, New York City, Mobilization for Justice, Inc., New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and New York Legal Assistance Group in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Alan E. Schoenfeld, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc., National Disability Rights Network, and Disability Rights Connecticut in support of Plaintiff-Appellant: Catherine Merino Reisman, Selene Almanzan-Altobelli, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc., Towson, MD; Andrew Feinstein, Mystic, CT, on the brief, Ellen Saideman, Law Office of Ellen Saideman, Barrington, RI.
Case Number: 19-644
FBA Not 'Evaluation' Under IDEA; Dissatisfaction With FBA Does Not Entitle Parents to IEE