Blackman v. District of Columbia

277 F. Supp. 2d 71 (2003)

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Blackman v. District of Columbia

United States District Court for the District of Columbia
277 F. Supp. 2d 71 (2003)

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Facts

The District of Columbia Public Schools (the district) (defendant) had failed to follow the procedures required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for a number of disabled children. In each circumstance, the district had failed to grant an appropriate special-education placement, or had issued a placement with which the parents (plaintiffs) disagreed, and then failed to hold a timely hearing as required under the statute. The district continued to fail to hold these impartial hearings even after being ordered to do so by the federal district court once parents brought claims against the district for these failures. A number of claims before the district court were consolidated into a class, and the district court appointed a special master to review them. The special master issued reports recommending that the parents be granted preliminary injunctions against the district, holding that the district’s failure to provide timely hearings constituted irreparable harm to each disabled child. The district court reviewed the special master’s recommendations. In the course of the review, the district claimed that the denial of a hearing did not merit injunctive relief without a separate showing of specific harm.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Friedman, J.)

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