LOPEZ v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. CIV.A. 03-1665(JMF).

388 F.Supp.2d 1 (2005)

Alejandra LOPEZ, Parent and Friend of C.C., a Minor, Plaintiff, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Bogin, Futrovsky, Nitkin & Scherr, Chartered, Rockville, MD, Rebekah Antoni Gleason, Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff.

Eden Ilene Miller, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


ORDER

FACCIOLA, United States Magistrate Judge.

On August 9, 2005, this court ordered defendants to "pay plaintiff $9,530.00 in attorneys' fees." Defendants then moved to alter or amend that Order because, as the court had recognized, the District of Columbia Appropriations Act limits the amount of attorneys' fees that the District of Columbia can pay to prevailing parties, but it does not limit the power of federal courts to award fees under the IDEA. Defendant...

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