Hawai'i Disability Rights Cent v. Christina Kishimoto

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

HAWAI‘I DISABILITY RIGHTS Nos. 20-17521, CENTER, in a representative capacity 22-16524 on behalf of its constituents, D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellant, 1:18-cv-00465-

LEK-WRP

v.

OPINION

CHRISTINA KISHIMOTO, in her official capacity as Superintendent of the State of Hawaii, Department of Education; PANKAJ BHANOT, in his official capacity as Director of the State of Hawaii, Department of Human Services,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Leslie E. Kobayashi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 4, 2023 University of Hawaii Manoa

Filed November 26, 2024 HAWAI’I DISABILITY RIGHTS CTR. V. KISHIMOTO

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Eric D. Miller, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Berzon

SUMMARY*

Exhaustion / Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the Hawai‘i Departments of Education (“DOE”) and Human Services (“DHS”) in an action brought by the Hawai‘i Disability Rights…