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Spring Branch Independent School District v. O. W., By Next Friend Hannah W.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-20274 · judgment June 12, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 10% cert probability (95% interval 6%–17%)

Before the decision, about 2.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a state or local-government petitioner, a Fifth Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Is a public school district’s use of Section 504 accommodations a reasonable step in the process of complying with its Child Find obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Amy C. Tucker
Rogers, Morris, & Grover, LLP

For respondent
Sonja D. Kerr
Connell Michael Kerr, LLP

Case

Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Order
Order list, February 22, 2021 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

Feb 22 2021
Petition DENIED.
Feb 04 2021
Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 13 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
Jan 12 2021
Waiver of right of respondent O.W., by next friend Hannah W. to respond filed.
Dec 23 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2021)