Source: https://www.wrightslaw.com/law/pleadings/fed.court.complaints.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 18:27:11+00:00

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Collected by Peter W. D. Wright, Esq.
This page contains a listing of a number of spec ed Complaints, most filed in Federal courts.
The listing is chronological with the date filed, followed by the name of the case, some of the issues and allegations and name of lead parent/child's attorney(s), followed by the URL.
To find out more about each case, including the outcome, take the name of the party, such as the first one below, withers enter it into our onsite Google search engine in the upper right hand corner of this page, and you will find the outcome of the case and sometimes more, such as jury instructions and briefs.
The decision was issued on March 3, 2016 and is published in 815 F.3d 1195 and is now styled as A.G. v. Paradise Valley Unified School District No. 69.
2010 - US Dist Ct, TN, A.C. v. Shelby County School Board - Allegedly false allegations against parent by Spec Ed Director regarding child with diabetes. School filed complaint with protective services. Case eventaully ended up before U.S. Court of Appeals for Sixth Circuit permitting case to go forward with a jury trial. Trial date scheduled, case setttled.
2012 - US Dist Ct, MN, Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools - Initially school would not permit service dog at school. OCR ruled against school district, parents placed child into another school that accepted service dog. Parents sued for $$$ damages under ADA + 504. As of Spring, 2016, case is pending before U.S. Supreme Court.
2015 - US Dist Ct, NC, B.H. v. Johnston County Bd. of Ed. - Child with an IEP moved into the Johnston County school district and parents alleged that the new IEP was not appropriate. School system wanted child in a school, other than home school. After the parents lost at Due Process and at Review level they filed suit in Federal Court. Subsequent discovery on Director of Special Education and School Superintendent's emails revealed that Superintendent unilaterally changed the child's IEP.
2015 - US Dist Ct, CO, Ebonie S. v. Pueblo Sch Dist. - The Amended Complaint at paragraph 32 alleges that "Ebonie was routinely restrained in a 'secure wrap-around table' during the school day at Bessemer Academy during the 2006-2007 school year." It was alleged that this restraint was "for the convenience of the Defendants. She was restrained because it was easier for the Defendants than providing District staff with appropriate training to address the challenging behaviors often exhibited in a special needs classroom." (Paragraph 36).
"Throughout his tenure at LSD, Duvall has subjected the students in his classroom to severe physical, verbal and emotional/psychological abuse. Students were routinely subjected to Duvall's numerous unsanctioned, ineffective, unlawful and cruel methods. Witnessing the abuse suffered by C.G. and others created a hostile educational environment for all students."
"Duvall has a history of abusing students at LSD. For over a decade, staff, mental health professionals and parents notified LSD administrators and school officials about Duvall physically, verbally and psychologically abusing his students."
"Nickson, Keyton, Bacon, Robinson, Alwardt, Caamal Canul, Robinson and other LSD administrators received reports from parents, classroom aides and assistants that documented multiple instances of abuse that was occurring on a daily basis at the hands of Duvall."
"Bacon destroyed all the reports she received while she was a principal at Beekman Center, and on information and belief, never investigated any of the complaints."
"Not only did the supervisory personnel at Gardner and LSD conceal the abuse, they actively misrepresented Duvall's teaching abilities, even stating in his evaluations that he was an "'excellent teacher.'"
2015 - US Dist Ct, NV, Battenfeld+Donahue v. Washoe County Sch. Dist. - It was alleged that special education teacher Stebbins subjected children to "severe physical, emotional, and psychological abuse. . . that Child Protective Services received multiple complaints regarding Stebbins' mistreatment and abuse of her students during the 2013-2014 school year." That Building Principal Burak created a "climate where employees were intimidated from reporting observed acts of abuse."
2015 - US Dist Ct, CA, Garedakis v. Brentwood Union Sch. Dist. - It was alleged that the defendants "had the obligation to protect the children and the responsibility to discipline Holder and/or terminate her employment, but instead they did nothing. Defendants Olson, Anthony, Kruse and Grant instead concealed the abuse from law enforcement and parents."
It was further alleged "a reasonable suspicion that Holder had committed acts of child abuse or neglect as defined by Penal Code §11165.3 against students in her classroom. Each of these employees were mandated reporters as defined by Penal Code §1165.7, but did not report the abuse or neglect to an agency defined in Penal Code §11165.9."
New! 2017 - US Dist Ct, AZ, Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs. - Amended complaint, filed July 14, 2017 in U.S. District Court in Arizona, names the Bureau of Indian Education; United States Department of the Interior; Ryan Zinke, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Michael Black, in his official capacity as Acting Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs; Tony Dearman, in his official capacity as Director of the Bureau of Indian Education; Jeff Williamson, in his official capacity as Principal of Havasupai Elementary School.

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