THOMAS R.W. v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 97-1477.

130 F.3d 477 (1997)

THOMAS R.W., By and Through his next Friends PAMELA R. and Edward W., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart T. Graham, Jr., Hampden, MA, with whom Graham & Graham was on brief for Plaintiffs, Appellants.

Judy Zeprun Kalman, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, Boston, MA, was on brief for appellee Massachusetts Department of Education, Peter L. Smith, with whom Paroshinsky Law Offices, Springfield, MA, was on brief for appellee Mohawk Trail Regional District.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal was brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (1996) to resolve the question of whether a disabled student in a private school is entitled to the on-site services of a one to one aide provided by the public school system. Because we find that appellant's claim for injunctive relief became moot when he graduated, we now vacate the judgment of the...

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