Johnson v. Special Education Hearing Office

287 F.3d 1176 Nicholas JOHNSON; a minor by Julie JOHNSON, the natural mother and Guardian Ad Litem, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING OFFICE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; Clovis Unified School District; Walter L. Buster, individually REC/DLB and as Superintendent of the Clovis Unified School District; Janet Van Gelder, individually and in her official capacity as the Director of Special Education for the Clovis Unified School District, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-16274. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted January 16, 2002. Filed April 26, 2002. Shelli J. Lewis, Law Office of Shelli J. Lewis, Corona, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Don Gonzales, Law Office of Shelli J. Lewis, Corona, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant. Gregory J. Rolen, Miller, Brown & Dannis, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Robert E. Coyle, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-07096-REC/DLB. Before GOODWIN, NOONAN, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. OPINION PER CURIAM. OVERVIEW 1 Nicholas Johnson ("Nicholas"), by and through his mother, Julie Johnson, appeals the district…