SAVAGE v. GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL

No. 02-15743.

343 F.3d 1036 (2003)

Shelley SAVAGE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL, District No. 205, Maricopa County, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Plitt and Karla Starr; Shugart Thompson Kilroy Goodwin Raup, P.C.; Phoenix, AZ; attorneys for the appellants.

Rose Daly-Rooney; Tucson, AZ; attorney for the appellee.

Jill K. Osborne; Kerrin & Osborne, P.C.; Phoenix, AZ; attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Education Association.

Anne Marie R. Segal; White & Case LLP; New York, NY; and Dan Woods; White & Case LLP; Los Angeles, CA; attorneys for Amicus Curiae National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems.

Before: ROBERT R. BEEZER, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted February 12, 2003 — San Francisco, California.

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether an Arizona high school district is an arm of the state entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 & 12203 et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act ("RA"), 29 U.S.C. § 794 et seq....

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