IN RE SMITH

No. 91-3064.

926 F.2d 1027 (1991)

In re Beth Ratcliffe SMITH and Natalie Dawn Smith, a minor child, By and Through her next friend, parent, and natural guardian Beth Ratcliffe Smith, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Usher L. Brown, Orlando, Fla., for petitioner.

J. Scott Kirk, Orlando, James A. Sawyer, Jr., Orlando, Andrew Thomas, Orlando, G. Kendall Sharp, Orlando, Fla., for respondent.

Before FAY, KRAVITCH and BIRCH, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 to enforce a settlement reached in federal district court with the School Board of Orange County and the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) for a special education program and housing for a handicapped child. For the reasons below, the writ is granted.

Petitioners are Beth Ratcliffe Smith and her daughter Natalie Dawn Smith, a 15-year-old with bilateral...

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