REED v. MOKENA SCHOOL DIST., WILL COUNTY, ILL.

No. 94-2260.

41 F.3d 1153 (1994)

Vanessa REED, as parent and next friend of Rachel Reed, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOKENA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 159, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah W. Owens (argued), Hinsdale, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Wren, Fay Hartog-Rapp, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson and Jon Gardner Crawford (argued), Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, ESCHBACH and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant seeks review of the district court's decision that her request for attorneys' fees was not filed in a timely fashion. Because our precedent establishes that the applicable statute of limitations is the 120-day limitation of the Illinois School Code, 105 ILCS 5/14-8.02(k), we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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BACKGROUND

On April 26, 1993, the mother of Vanessa Reed filed an administrative action...

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