BLACKMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Civ.A. Nos. 97-1629(PLF), 97-2402(PLF).

454 F.Supp.2d 1 (2006)

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

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haylie Michelle Iseman,, Michael J. Eig, Michael J. Eig and Associates, P.C., Carolyn W. Houck, Chevy Chase, MD, Ira A. Burnim, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Myrna Lee Fawcett, Bonita A. Jones-Moon, Fawcett & Fawcett, Tilman L. Gerald, James E. Brown & Associates, PLLC, Travis A. Murrell, Murrell & Associates, Elizabeth T. Jester, Ronald L. Drake, Jester & Willams, Laura Nicole Rinaldi, Tracy L. Goodman, Matthew I. Fraidin, The Children's Law Center, Maria L. Merkowitz, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Jesse P. Goode, Department of Human Services, Office of General Counsel, Margaret A. Kohn, Donna Lee Wulkan, Charles A. Moran, Anna Elizabeth Jenefsky, Karen D. Alvarez, Arthur Hughes Fawcett, Jr., Lawrence Hart Huebner, Washington, DC, 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 & Houston, P.C., Alexandria, VA, Diana Marjorie Savit, Savit & Szymkowicz, LLP, Bethesda, MD, Matthew Barry Bogin, Futrovsky, Nitkin & Scherr, Chartered, Rockville, MD, George M. Gates, IV, Greenbelt, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Cary D. Pollak, Daniel Albert Rezneck, Jeffery Thomas Infelise, Robert Ray Rigsby, Office of Corporation Counsel, Daniel Herbert Margolis, Patton Boggs LLP, Lisa Annette Bell, Office of the General Counsel, Dept. of Consumer & Regulatory Affair, Robert C. Utiger, DC Attorney General, Cathye Hopkins, Veleter Mazych, DCPS General Counsel, Washington, DC, Eden Ilene Miller, Veronica A. Porter, Edward P. Taptich, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for Defendants.


OPINION ANE ORDER

FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the parties' joint motion for final approval of the proposed Consent Decree filed on June 30, 2006. This is the fifth major proposed consent decree in this class action, which was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. ("IDEA"), and which has been ongoing for nearly a decade.

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