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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: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Fifth Circuit decision below, a state or local-government petitioner, 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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

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