PACE v. BOGALUSA CITY SCHOOL BD.

No. 01-31026.

403 F.3d 272 (2005)

Travis PACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOGALUSA CITY SCHOOL BOARD, Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Department of Education, and the State of Louisiana, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Revised March 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Arata Spell, Spell & Spell, Franklinton, LA, Thomas C. Goldstein (argued), Goldstein & Howe, Washington, DC, for Pace.

John W. Waters, Jr. (argued), Ernest L. O'Bannon, Christopher M. G'Sell, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, LA, for Bogalusa City School Bd.

Charles K. Reasonover (argued), Lamothe & Hamilton, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Sarah Elaine Harrington, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Tovah R. Calderon, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div.-App. Section, Washington, DC, for Intervenor.

Amy Warr, Austin, TX, for State of Texas, Amicus Curiae.

Ellen Bentley Hahn, Advocacy Ctr., Lafayette, LA, Brian Dean East, Advocacy Inc., Austin, TX, for Nat. Ass'n of Protection & Advocacy Systems, Advocacy Ctr., Advocacy Inc., Am. Ass'n of People with Disabilities, Bazelon Ctr. for Mental Health Law and Southern Disability Law Ctr., Amici Curiae.

Claudia Center, Lewis Loy Bossing, The Legal Aid Soc., Employment Law Ctr., San Francisco, CA, for Nat. Ass'n of Protection & Advocacy Systems, Advocacy Ctr., Advocacy Inc., Am. Ass'n of People with Disabilities, Bazelon Ctr. for Mental Health Law, Southern Disability Law Ctr., Western Law Ctr. for Disability Rights, Disability Rights Educ. and Defense Fund and Legal Aid Soc. Employment Law Ctr., Amici Curiae.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS and WIENER, Circuit Judges:

Travis Pace (Pace) appeals the district court's dismissal of his claim under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on Pace's claims under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA or Title II) and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (§ 504). The pacnel of this court which considered Pace's appeal concluded that...

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