INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 283 v. E.M.D.H.

Nos. 19-1269, 19-1336.

960 F.3d 1073 (2020)

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 283, Plaintiff-Appellant v. E.M.D.H., a minor, by and through her parents and next friends, L.H. and S.D., Defendant-Appellee. Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.; Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid; Minnesota Disability Law Center; National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s). Independent School District No. 283, Plaintiff-Appellee v. E.M.D.H., a minor, by and through her parents and next friends, L.H. and S.D., Defendant-Appellant. Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.; Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid; Minnesota Disability Law Center; National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Martin , Katharine M. Saphner , KNUTSON & FLYNN, Mendota Heights, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Amy Jane Goetz , Andrea Jepsen , SCHOOL LAW CENTER, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Selene Almazan-Altobelli , COUNCIL OF PARENT ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES, Towson, MD, Catherine Merino Reisman , REISMAN & CAROLLA, Haddonfield, NJ, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc.

Daniel John Stewart , MINNESOTA DISABILITY LAW CENTER, Minneapolis, MN, for Amici on Behalf of Appellees Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid and Minnesota Disability Law Center.

Cassandra Netzke , NETZKE LAW, LLC, Denver, CO, for Amicus on Behalf of Appellee National Alliance on Ment-al Illness Minnesota.

Before ERICKSON, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


E.M.D.H., a student in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Independent School District No. 283 (the "District"), is plagued with various psychological disorders. E.M.D.H. and her parents, L.H. and S.D., filed a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Education, asserting the District's failure to classify E.M.D.H. as disabled...

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