R.D. EX REL. KAREEM v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. CIV.A.04-0953(PLF).

374 F.Supp.2d 84 (2005)

R.D., a minor By his parents and next friends, Isatu KAREEM and R.D., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and Dr. Clifford B. Janey, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Bogin, Futrovsky, Nitkin & Scherr, Rockville, MD, Rebekah Antoni Gleason, Civil Litigation and Child Advocacy Clinic Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Maria L. Merkowitz, Assistant Corporation Counsel General Litigation Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This case, brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., is an appeal of a Hearing Officer Determination ("HOD") affirming the decision of the District of Columbia Public Schools ("DCPS") to place plaintiff R.D. in a part-time special education program at Roosevelt High School. The case is unusual in that the HOD was based not only on the...

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