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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Z.F, a minor, by and through his

parents M.A.F and J.F. and

M.A.F. and J.F. individually;

L.H., and J.H., minors, by and

through their parents J.A.A.H.

and J.R.H. and J.A.A.H. and

J.R.H. individually; A.N., a

minor, by and through his

parents, G.N. and M.R., and G.N.

and M.R. individually; E.F., a

minor, by and through his

parents M.Y.F. and A.F., and

M.Y.F. and A.F. individually and

E.R., minor, by and through her

parents D.R. A.R, and D.R. and

A.R. individually and J.M, a

minor, by and through his

parents E.M. and R.M and E.M.

and R.M. individually,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

(RUSD); RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL

DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES;

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF

EDUCATION; SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY

SPECIAL EDUCATION LOCAL PLAN

AREA (SELPA), VALLEY MOUNTAIN

REGIONAL CENTER (VMRC),

MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS,

MODESTO CITY SCHOOL SELPA,

MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS BOARD

OF EDUCATION, TRACY UNIFIED

SCHOOL DISTRICT (TUSD); TUSD

BOARD OF EDUCATION;

STANISLAUS COUNTY SELPA;

STANISLAUS COUNTY OFFICE OF

EDUCATION; STOCKTON UNIFIED

SCHOOL DISTRICT; STOCKTON

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

SELPA,STOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOL

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2:08-cv-00855-GEB-JFM

RELATED CASE ORDER

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DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION;

CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF

ADMINSTRATIVE HEARINGS;

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

EDUCATION; CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL

SERVICES; RICHARD JACOBS,

Executive Director of VMRC, in

his official and individual

capacity; TARA SISEMORE-HESTER,

Coordinator for Autism Services

for VMRC, in her official and

individual capacity; LEO ZUBER,

Superintendent for RUSD, in his

official capacity, CAMILLE

TAYLOR, Director of Special

Education for RUSD, in her

official capacity; ARTURO

FLORES, Superintendent of

Modesto City Schools, in his

official and personal capacity;

DIANE SCOTT, Supervisor of Pre-K

– 6 Special Education, Modesto

City Schools SELPA, in her

official and individual

capacity; VIRGINIA JOHNSON,

Director of Modesto City Schools

SELPA, in her official and

individual capacity; JAMES

FRANCO, Superintendent of TUSD,

in his official and individual

capacity; NANCY HOPPLE, Director

of Special Education for TUSD,

in her official and individual

capacity; DORIAN RICE, Director

of San Joaquin County Office of

Education and SELPA, in his

official and individual

capacity, SANDEE KLUDT,

Assistant Superintendent of San

Joaquin County Office of

Education and SELPA, in her

official and individual

capacity, FREDERICK WENTWORTH,

Superintendent of San Joaquin

County Office of Education, in

his official and individual

capacity, REGINA HEDIN,

Director of Stanislaus County

SELPA, in her official and

individual capacity; BONNIE

JONES-LEE, Special Education

Director for Stanislaus County

Office of Education, in her

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capacity; TOM CHAGNON,

Superintendent of Stanislaus

County Office of Education, in

his official and individual

capacity; JACK MCLAUGHLIN,

Superintendent of Stockton

Unified School District, in his

official and individual

capacity, Julie Penn, Director

of Stockton Unified School

District Special Education

Department and SELPA, in her

official and individual

capacity, SHERIANNE LABA,

Presiding Judge of Office of

Administrative Hearings, Special

Education Division, in her

official capacity; JACK

O’CONNELL, Superintendent of

California Department of

Education, in his official and

individual capacity; TERRI

DELGADILLO, Director of the

Department of Developmental

Services, in her official and

individual capacity and Does 1 –

200, 

 Defendants.

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Z.F., a minor by and through his

parents M.A.F. and J.F. and

M.A.F. and J.F. individually;

L.H., and J.H., minors, by and

through their parents J.A. and

J.R.H. and J.A. and J.R.H.

individually; A.N., a minor, by

and through his parents G.N.

and M.R. and G.N. and M.R.

individually,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

(RUSD); RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL

DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES; SAN

JOAQUIN VALLEY COUNTY OFFICE OF

EDUCATION; VALLEY MOUNTAIN

REGIONAL CENTER (VMRC); MODESTO

CITY SCHOOLS; MODESTO CITY

SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION;

RICHARD JACOBS, Executive

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Director of VMRC, in his

official and individual

capacity; TARA SISEMORE-HESTER,

Coordinator for Autism Services

for VMRC, in her official and

individual capacity; VIRGINIA

JOHNSON, Director of Modesto

City Schools SELPA, in her

official and individual

capacity; SUE SWARTZLANDER,

Program Director for Modesto

City Schools, in her official

and individual capacity and DOES

1-200,

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Defendants Valley Mountain Regional Center, Richard Jacobs and

Tara Sisemore-Hester (“Defendants”) filed a Notice of Pendency of Other

Action under L.R. 123 on July 13, 2010, stating “this action is related

to another action on file with this Court: Z.F. v. Ripon Unified School

District et al, Case No. 2:08-cv-00855-GEB-JFM.” (Docket No. 85, 2:2-3.)

Defendants contend action 2:10-CV-00523-FCD-EFB is related to the

above-action already assigned to the undersigned judge within the

meaning of L.R. 123, because “the Instant Action and the Related Action

are related insofar as they involve the same parties and appear to

involve the same events, underlying facts, and questions of law.”

Specifically, Defendants argue: 

As in the Related Action, Plaintiffs allege that

they were unlawfully denied intensive behavior

treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder at local

government agencies contracted by the Department of

Education due to the eligibility criteria and

referral process set forth in the EIBT Document.

Moreover, the complaint in the Instant Action

specifically references the Related Action and

addresses the exhaustion of administrative remedies

issue which caused the dismissal of the Related

Action.

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(Id., 3:12-17.) Defendants further contend, “[t]he parties to the

Instant Action were all parties to the Related Action as well, with the

exception of Defendant Sue Swartzlander.” (Id., 3:2-4.)

In light of the notice of related cases filing, action

2:10-CV-00523-FCD-EFB is reassigned to the undersigned judge and

Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds for all further proceedings, and any

dates currently set in the reassigned case are VACATED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the caption on documents filed in

the reassigned case shall show the initials “GEB-JFM” next to the action

number. The Clerk of Court shall make an appropriate adjustment in the

assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment and shall

issue Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr.'s Order Setting Status (Pretrial

Scheduling) Conference in 2:10-CV-00523-GEB-JFM setting a status

conference.

Dated: July 23, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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