Ojai Unified School District v. Bion Jackson

4 F.3d 1467 85 Ed. Law Rep. 724 OJAI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Ventura County Superintendent of Schools, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bion JACKSON, a minor; Elizabeth Jackson; Richard W. Jackson, Defendants-Appellants, California Special Education Hearing Office, Raymond C. Brown; California State Dept. of Education; Bill Honig; State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California, Defendants. No. 91-56361. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 1992. Decided Sept. 15, 1993. Sharon A. Watt, Filarsky & Watt, Ventura, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees. David R. Ellison, Ellison, Hinkle & Bayer, Ventura, CA, for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before: CANBY, BOOCHEVER and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge. 1 This appeal involves a dispute over the appropriate educational placement for Bion Jackson under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq. 1 The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Ojai Unified School District ("School District") and the Ventura County Superintendent of Schools…