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Okwudili Francis Chukwuani v. Solon City School District

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 19-3574 · judgment April 21, 2020

Certiorari denied · November 9, 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.

Questions presented

Can an unconstitutional denial of parental rights by a State Court, due to a complaint about IDEA “stay put” violation, be used to deny jurisdiction for an administrative appeal at a Federal Court?
Whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Winkelman v. Parma City School District, was violated by the 6* Circuit Court of Appeal’s denial of jurisdiction for an administrative appeal by a pro se parent?
Can a parent who satisfied the IDEA definition of a parent in 34 CFR 300.30(b) at the time he filed an IDEA due process request, be denied jurisdiction to appeal the same due process in a Federal Court, without voiding the entire due process?

For petitioner
Okwudili Francis Chukwuani

For respondent
Christina Henagen Peer
Walter | Haverfield LLP

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Jan 11 2021
Rehearing DENIED.
Dec 02 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Nov 13 2020
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Nov 09 2020
Petition DENIED.
Oct 21 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2020.
Oct 11 2020
Reply of petitioner Okwudili Francis Chukwuani filed.
Oct 09 2020
Brief of respondent Solon City School District in opposition filed.
Aug 28 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 19, 2020.
Aug 27 2020
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2020 to October 19, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 09 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2020)