VALENTÍN-MARRERO v. PUERTO RICO

Nos. 20-2054, 20-2112.

29 F.4th 45 (2022)

José VALENTÍN-MARRERO, personally, as member of his Conjugal Partnership, and on behalf of his minor son GAJVM; Emérita Mercado-Román, personally, as member of her Conjugal Partnership, and on behalf of her minor son GAJVM, Plaintiffs, Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. Commonwealth of PUERTO RICO; Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Defendants, Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio Borrés-Otero for appellants, cross-appellees.

Carlos Lugo-Fiol , with whom Fernando Figueroa-Santiago , Solicitor General of Puerto Rico, was on brief, for appellees, cross-appellants.

Before Lynch and Kayatta, Circuit Judges, and Laplante, District Judge.


This case was brought by parents who were dissatisfied with the Individualized Education Plan ("IEP") offered to their son, GAJVM, by the defendant, the Puerto Rico Department of Education ("DOE"), for the 2018-2019 school year. Despite their dissatisfaction, the parents did not file an administrative appeal, which was available...

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