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STATE OF N.H. v. ADAMS

No. 98-1244.

159 F.3d 680 (1998)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (Department of Corrections and Department of Education), Petitioner, Appellee, v. Marc ADAMS, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Meyer, with whom Backus, Meyer, Solomon, Rood & Branch, Peter S. Smith, and Disabilities Rights Center were on brief, for appellant.

Nancy J. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Philip T. McLaughlin, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

After the district court denied Marc Adams' application for attorneys' fees on the ground that he had not prevailed in proceedings under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1485, Adams launched this appeal. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1991, a New Hampshire state court sentenced Adams to 15-to-30 years in the state penitentiary for manslaughter. After Adams began serving his sentence...

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