BLACKMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. CIV.A. 97-1629(PLF), CIV.A. 97-2402(PLF).

328 F.Supp.2d 36 (2004)

Mikeisha BLACKMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. James Jones, et al., Plaintiffs, v. District of Columbia, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elise T. Baach, Washington, DC, pro se.

Andrew L. Lipps, Ky Elaine Kirby, Swidler, Berlin, Shereff & Friedman, L.L.P., Myrna L. Fawcett, Bonita Alexis Jones-Moon, Arthur Hughes Fawcett, Jr., Fawcett & Fawcett, Alisa H. Reff, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Travis A. Murrell, Murrell & Associates, James E. Brown, James E. Brown & Associates, PLLC, James E. Williams, Jester & Williams, Urenthea McQuinn, Maria Ludmila Merkowitz, Office of Corporation Counsel, Ronald Lee Drake, Tamara Lynn Seltzer, Margaret A. Kohn, Donna Lee Wulkan, Anna Elizabeth Jenefsky, Karen D. Alvarez, Lawrence Hart Huebner, Laura Nicole Rinaldi, Matthew I. Fraidin, Jesse P. Goode, Washington, DC, Carolyn W. Houck, Chevy Chase, MD, Paul Leonard Chassy, Chassy & Chassy, Kensington, MD, Daniel Adlai Katz, Andalman & Flynn, Silver Spring, MD, Ellen Douglass Dalton, Paul S. Dalton, William E. Houston, Dalton & Dalton, P.C., Alexandria, VA, Diana Marjorie Savit, Savit & Szymkowicz, LLP, Bethesda, MD, Haylie Michelle Iseman, Michael J. Eig, Michael J. Eig and Associates, P.C., Chevy Chase, MD, Matthew Barry Bogin, Futrovsky, Nitkin & Scherr, Chartered, Rockville, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Cary D. Pollak, Daniel Albert Rezneck, Jeffery Thomas Infelise, Robert C. Utiger, Eden I. Miller, Robert Ray Rigsby, Veronica A. Porter, Office of Corporation Counsel, Daniel Herbert Margolis, Patton Boggs LLP, Lisa Annette Bell, Office of the General Counsel, Cathye Hopkins, Veleter Mazych, DCPS General Counsel, Maria L. Merkowitz, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for Defendants.

Evangeline Covington, Adult Legal, LLC, Washington, DC, for Interested Party.

James E. Williams, III, Elizabeth Tacy Jester, Jester & Williams, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs and Claimants.

Charles A. Moran, Fawcett & Fawcett, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs and Movants.

Maya Alexandri, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Karen D. Alvarez, Washington, DC, for Movants.

Lisa Kay Coleman, Office of Adjudications & Hearings, Washington, DC, for Intervenor.


OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This action was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enforce the rights of the plaintiff class members under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. Before the Court are three motions for attorneys' fees and costs: (1) the motion of Diana Blackwell...

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