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Anne Prafada v. Mesa Unified School District

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 18-17139 · judgment February 6, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 13, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Question presented

NUMBER 1 Congress enacted The Individuals with Disabili­ ties Education Act (IDEA) “(1)(A) to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education ...” “(B) to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities and parents of such children are pro­ tected”. 20 U.S.C. § 1400(d)(1). Congress went further to require the Education Department to develop and publish model IEP, IFSP, Procedural Safeguard Notice, and Prior Written Notice forms. 20 U.S.C. §1417(e). These model forms are required to be used by school districts to meet the requirements of IDEA in order to assess children in all areas of suspected disabilities and further provide an individualized education pro­ gram (IEP). QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether fraudulent misrepresentation and conspiracy to defraud are preempted, when the Educational federal statutes touch a field in which the federal interest is so dominant, that the federal system must be assumed to preclude enforcement of state laws and the District Court should have granted the peti­ tion and pleading pursuant to 28 U.S. Code §1367 Supplemental jurisdiction under Arti­ cle III of the United States Constitution for claims and evidences that are inextricably in­ tertwined/intricately related.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anne Prafada

For respondent
Denise M. Bainton
DeConcini, McDonald, et al.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 13 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 23 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020.
  3. Sep 09 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Mesa Public Schools to respond filed.
  4. Aug 11 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2020)