J.L.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

J. L.; M. L.; K. L., their minor  daughter, No. 07-35716 Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. v.  CV-06-00494-MJP MERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, a AMENDED municipal Washington corporation, OPINION Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 10, 2008—Seattle, Washington

Filed August 6, 2009 Amended January 13, 2010

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Ronald M. Gould and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Beezer COUNSEL

James J. Dionne, Lisa M. Worthington-Brown, Lynette M. Baisch, Dionne & Rorick, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellant. 954 J. L. v. MERCER ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT Howard C. Powers, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiffs- appellees.

OPINION

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal stems from Plaintiffs’ allegation that Defendant Mercer Island School District (“District”) failed to provide K.L. with a free…