L.B.
L.B. v. San Diego Unified School District
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
L.B., By and Through his Guardian No. 24-5543 Ad Litem ROBIN MORRISEY, D.C. No. 3:23-cv-00528- Plaintiff - Appellant,
AJB-DDL
v.
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL OPINION
DISTRICT,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Anthony J. Battaglia, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted October 8, 2025 Pasadena, California
Filed February 27, 2026
Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Ronald M. Gould, and Lucy H. Koh, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Wardlaw SUMMARY *
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The panel reversed the district court’s affirmance of an administrative law judge’s determination that student L.B. was not entitled to reimbursement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act from the San Diego Unified School District (“SDUSD”) for special education expenses he incurred while attending two private residential treatment centers in middle school. L.B.’s parents claimed that SDUSD failed to offer L.B. a free appropriate public education during the time he was…