Riles v. Bennett

831 F.2d 875 42 Ed. Law Rep. 544 Wilson RILES, in his capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California; the State of California, a Sovereign State, By and Through the California State Department of Education, a State Agency, Hayward Unified School District, a State Agency, Plaintiff-Appellees, v. William J. BENNETT, in his capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Education, Defendant-Appellant. No. 85-2749. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 6, 1987. Decided Nov. 2, 1987. Robert K. Rasmussen, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant. Peter G. DeMauro and Dennis Eckhart, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, PREGERSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The Secretary of the United States Department of Education appeals the denial of prejudgment interest on an award of $108,701 for Title I grants misspent by the State of California. The district court denied interest because it read Pennhurst State School and Hosp. v. Halderman, 451 U.S. 1 , 101 S.Ct. 1531 , 67 L.Ed.2d 694…