D.G. v. NEW CANEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 15-20079.

806 F.3d 310 (2015)

D.G., by and through his mother and Next Friend, LaNISHA T., Plaintiff-Appellant v. NEW CANEY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Boyd Padgett , Leasor Crass, P.C., Mansfield, TX, Constance Russell Wannamaker (argued), El Paso, TX, Colleen Marie Elbe, Esq. , Lubbock, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joe Ruben Tanguma, II, Esq. (argued), Leasor Crass, P.C., Austin, TX, Christie Lynn Hobbs , Leasor Crass, P.C., Mansfield, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Selene Ann Almazan-Altobelli , Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates, Incorporated, Towson, MD, Catherine Merino Reisman , Reisman Carolla Gran, L.L.P., Haddonfield, NJ, for Amicus Curiae.

Before OWEN, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


In this case, a mother proved in an administrative hearing that a school district had violated her child's right to a free appropriate public education by repeatedly placing him in isolation during school hours. Congress has provided that the prevailing party in such a hearing may file an action in federal court...

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