Pn

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

P.N., parent of T.N., a minor,  No. 04-36141 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-00258-JCC

SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 1,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour, Chief Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 9, 2006—Seattle, Washington

Filed August 15, 2006

Before: David R. Thompson, A. Wallace Tashima, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan COUNSEL

Charlotte Cassady, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff- appellant.

Lawrence B. Ransom and Tracy M. Miller, Carr Tuttle Camp- bell, Seattle Washington, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

P.N., plaintiff-appellant, filed an action under the Individu- als with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., to recover attorneys’ fees incurred in resolving a conflict with the Seattle School District (“SSD”) over her child’s education. The conflict was resolved by a settlement agreement signed only by the parties. The…