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SMITH v. LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

Nos. 14-55224, 14-55256.

822 F.3d 1065 (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.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Suzanne N. Snowden , SJM Law Group, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, 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, CA, for Movants-Appellants April Munoz, et al.

Before: JEROME FARRIS, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Appellants are a sub-class of moderately to severely disabled children who have moved to intervene in a class action brought on behalf of all disabled students in the Los Angeles Unified School District ("LAUSD") against LAUSD ("the Chanda Smith Litigation").1 Appellants seek...

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