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M. L., a Minor, By His Parents and Next Friends, Akiva and Shani Leiman, et al. v. Jack R. Smith, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 15-1977 · judgment August 14, 2017

Certiorari denied · January 16, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et seq., do public school systems have a responsibility to consider a child’s cultural and religious background as part of his or her unique, individual circumstances when developing an Individualized Education Program when, without consideration of such circumstances, the child will fail to make the academic and functional progress to which the child is entitled?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Jeffrey Eig
Michael J. Eig & Associates, P.C.

For respondent
Joshua Ian Civin
General Counsel Montgomery County Public Schools

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Jan 16 2018
Petition DENIED.
Dec 27 2017
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
Dec 14 2017
Waiver of right of respondent Dr. Jack R. Smith; Montgomery County Board of Education to respond filed.
Dec 08 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 16, 2018)