Sacramento City Unified School District v. Rachel H.

14 F.3d 1398 89 Ed. Law Rep. 57 , 4 A.D.D. 75 SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF EDUCATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RACHEL H., By and Through her guardian ad litem, Robert HOLLAND; William Honig, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction; California State Department of Education Hearing Office, McGeorge School of Law; and Mary Cote, Hearing Officer, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-15608. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 12, 1993. Decided Jan. 24, 1994. Jane E. Slenkovich, Phoebe G. Graubard, Saratoga, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Diane J. Lipton and Arlene B. Mayerson, Kathryn E. Dobel, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Berkeley, for defendants-appellee Rachel Holland. Joseph R. Symkowick, Barry A. Zolotar, Joyce O. Eackrem, California Dept. of Educ., Sacramento, CA for defendants-appellees William Honig, CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California State Dept. of Educ. Hearing Office, McGeorge School of Law and Mary Cote, Hearing Officer. Michael Jay Singer, Jeffrica Jenkins Lee, Attys., Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus. Appeal from the United…