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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 20:1401 Education: Handicapped Child Act

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899 NORTHGATE TDEL RIV415-459-3008 E,LOZA SUITNO E 200SMIT S AN FHAX RAFA415-456-3826 EL, CA 94903-3666

STIPULATION TO BRIEFING SCHEDULE; 

ORDER

J.C. v. Vacaville Unified School District 

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Jan E. Tomsky, SBN 173131

Sloan R. Simmons, SBN 233752

LOZANO SMITH

899 Northgate Drive, Suite 200

San Rafael, CA 94903-3666

Telephone: (415) 459-3008

Facsimile (415) 456-3826

Attorneys for Defendants

VACAVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J.C., a minor, by and through J.C., his Guardian

Ad Litem, 

Plaintiff,

v.

VACAVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. CIV-S-05-0092-FCD-KJM

STIPULATION TO BRIEFING

SCHEDULE FOR PLAINTIFF’S IDEA

CLAIM; ORDER

Trial Date: July 11, 2006

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Judge: Hon. Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 “AS MODIFIED”

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff J.C. (“Plaintiff”), by and through J.C.,

his Guardian Ad Litem, through his attorneys, Varma & Clancy by Geralyn M. Clancy, Esq. and

Defendant Vacaville Unified School District (“District”), through its attorneys, Lozano Smith by Jan E.

Tomsky, Esq. as to the following: 

1. Currently, the last day for Plaintiff and the District to file their joint pretrial statement 

is April 28, 2006, and the Plaintiff’s and the District’s pretrial conference is scheduled for May 5, 2006

at 2:30 p.m. 

2. The only claim that Plaintiff maintains is based on the federal Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) and related state law for the review of a Special Education Hearing

Office (“SEHO”) decision rendered on or about October 19, 2004. 

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3. Because Plaintiff’s only claim is for the review of SEHO’s due process decision under the

IDEA, which is based on the administrative record developed in the underlying due process decision,

and no live testimony is required by either party, the parties stipulate to a briefing schedule where: 

1) Plaintiff will file an Opening Brief by May 22, 2006; 2) the District will file its Opposition to said

Opening Brief by June 23, 2006; and 3) Plaintiff will file his Reply to said Opposition by June 30, 2006.

4. The parties agree that, because of the unique nature of an appeal of a special education 

administrative due process hearing in federal court, such dispositive appeal briefing based on the

administrative record below, followed by oral argument, is not akin to a motion brought under rule 56 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

5. The parties agree that when Plaintiff files his Opening Brief, he may submit additional 

evidence, in the form of declarations and supporting exhibits, not found in the administrative record of

the underlying due process decision, relevant to establishing the value of Plaintiff’s compensatory

education remedy as it relates to his appeal in this case. Correspondingly, the parties agree that when the

District files its Opposition Brief, it may submit additional evidence in the form of counter-declarations

and attached exhibits, also not found in the administrative record, relevant to the issue of the value of

Plaintiff’s compensatory education remedy as it relates to Plaintiff’s appeal in this case, as raised in

Plaintiff’s Opening Brief. 

6. The parties agree that the Court’s scheduled deadline for filing a joint pretrial statement 

and the scheduled pretrial conference should be vacated. 

7. The parties also agree that the Court’s scheduled trial date of July 11, 2006, should 

remain on calendar. However, the parties agree that the expected time of trial will no longer be two-tothree days. Rather, the parties agree that the scheduled trial date should serve as a date to conduct oral

arguments before the Court based on the submitted briefing.

8. The parties further agree that should Plaintiff prevail in the appeal of the administrative 

due process decision and subsequently seek attorneys’ fees under the IDEA, the Court should retain

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jurisdiction over the issue of attorneys’ fees and the parties may submit additional evidence not included

in the administrative record that is relevant to the determination of attorneys’ fees at that time. 

Dated: March 17, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

VARMA & CLANCY

/s/ Geralyn M.Clancy 

GERALYN M. CLANCY

Attorneys for Plaintiff

J.C.

Dated: March 20, 2006 Respectfully submitted,

LOZANO SMITH 

/s/ Jan E. Tomsky 

JAN E. TOMSKY

Attorneys for Defendant

VACAVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL

DISTRICT

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ORDER

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ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties will submit to the following briefing schedule for the

Plaintiff’s IDEA due process decision appeal: 1) Plaintiff J.C. will file an Opening Brief by 

May 22, 2006; 2) Defendant Vacaville Unified School District will file an Opposition Brief to said

Opening Brief by June 23, 2006; and 3) Plaintiff J.C. will file a Reply Brief to the said Opposition Brief

by June 30, 2006. The parties will conduct oral argument based on the submitted briefing on 

July 21, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. The Final Pretrial date and Court trial date are VACATED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff may submit additional evidence in the form of

declarations and attached exhibits with his Opening Brief on the issue of the value of Plaintiff’s

compensatory education remedy as it relates to his appeal in this case; and that the District may submit

counter-declarations and attached exhibits with its Opposition Brief as it relates to the same. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that should Plaintiff prevail in the appeal of the administrative due

process decision and subsequently seek attorneys’ fees, the Court will maintain jurisdiction over the

issue of attorneys’ fees, and the parties may submit additional evidence relevant to the issue of attorneys’

fees that is not contained in the underlying administrative record. The submission of such evidence is

and will only be permitted and/or relevant in the instance Plaintiff prevails and may be entitled to

attorneys’ fees. 

DATED: March 22, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

Honorable Frank C. Damrell Jr.

Judge

United States District Court 

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