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Petition of the day

Petition for certiorari denied on October 2, 2017

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
16-1285 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2017

Issue: Whether an educational setting constitutes a child's "then-current educational placement" under 20 U.S.C. § 1415(j) simply because it is the placement listed in an individualized education program drafted by the school district, when the parents objected to the portion of the IEP listing that placement, and the child never actually attended that placement.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/24/2017Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 30, 2017)
05/30/2017Brief of respondent Seattle School District in opposition filed.
06/06/2017Reply of petitioners N. E., By and Through His Parents, C. E., et ux., et al. filed.
06/14/2017DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017.
10/02/2017Petition DENIED.

The petition of the day is:

16-1285

Issue: Whether an educational setting constitutes a child’s “then-current educational placement” under 20 U.S.C. § 1415(j) simply because it is the placement listed in an individualized education program drafted by the school district, when the parents objected to the portion of the IEP listing that placement, and the child never actually attended that placement.