Opinion ID: 150788
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Appeal of the SLO's Decision under the IDEIA

Text: In Counts X, XI, and XII of its complaint, CCDE appeals the hearing officer's decision under the IDEIA that the Bishops' due process complaint was sufficient and timely and the SLO's decision that CCDE was properly served. The district court dismissed each of these claims as untimely, but again we affirm on other grounds. See Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 280 F.3d at 629. CCDE failed to raise timeliness (Count XII) or the sufficiency of the due process complaint (Count X) before the SLO, and those claims are thus waived. See Mich. Dept. of Envtl. Quality v. Browner, 230 F.3d 181, 183 n. 1 (6th Cir.2000) (concluding that claims not raised during the regulatory comment period were waived); Cellnett Commc'ns v. FCC, 149 F.3d 429, 442 (6th Cir.1998) (holding that claims not raised before an administrative agency were waived). The SLO correctly concluded that CCDE's improper service claim (Count XI) was moot because all substantive claims against it were dismissed. See Marzuola v. Cont'l Tire N. Am., 243 Fed.Appx. 956, 960 (6th Cir.2007) (Because all of [Plaintiff]'s substantive claims were properly dismissed by the district court, there are no remaining claims against the [Defendant], and so the Rule 4(m) issue is moot.). The district court properly dismissed Counts X, XI, and XII.