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SMITH v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 14-55224, No. 14-55256.

830 F.3d 843 (2016)

Chanda SMITH; Eliza Thompson, Guardian ad Litem for Chanda Smith, individually & on behalf of all other persons similarly situated; Javier Mejia; Gloria Mejia; Quinn Sullivan; Mado Most, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, a California public entity; Roy Romer, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the LA Unified School District, Defendants-Appellees, v. April Munoz; Julia Flores; Cheryl Ayapana; V. P.; A. F.; M. H.; J. A., Movants-Appellants. Chanda Smith; Eliza Thompson, Guardian ad Litem for Chanda Smith, individually & on behalf of all other persons similarly situated; Javier Mejia; Gloria Mejia; Quinn Sullivan; Mado Most, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and April Munoz; Julia Flores; Cheryl Ayapana; V. P.; A. F.; M. H.; J. A., Movants, and Mina Lee; Frances Moreno, Movants-Appellants, v. Los Angeles Unified School District, a California public entity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 20, 2016.

Amended July 27, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ward German (argued) and Robert Myers , Newman, Aaronson & Vanaman, Sherman Oaks, California; Catherine Blakemore , Melinda Bird , and Candis Watson Bowles , Disability Rights California, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Barrett Green (argued) and Maggy Athanasious , Littler Mendelson, P.C., Los Angeles, California; D. Deneen Cox , Associate General Counsel, and Belinda D. Stith , Interim Chief Education and Litigation Counsel, LAUSD Office of General Counsel, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee Los Angeles Unified School District.

Suzanne Nancy Snowden (argued), SJM Law Group, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Eric Scott Jacobson , Law Offices of Eric S. Jacobson, Encino, California; for Movants-Appellants Mina Lee, et al.

Seymour I. Amster (argued), Law Offices of Seymour I. Amster; Angela Gilmartin , Law Offices of Angela Gilmartin, Woodland Hills, California; for Movants-Appellants April Munoz, et al.

Before: Jerome Farris, Richard R. Clifton, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

The opinion filed May 20, 2016 is amended as follows:

At Slip Op. 4: Change "Congress enacted the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the `IDEA')" to "Congress enacted the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (which has since been retitled as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the `IDEA'))."

At Slip Op. 7: Change "Cal Ed. Code § 56361" to "Cal. Educ. Code § 56361" and change "`State special...

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