Peters
Peters v. Guajome Park Academy Charter School
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Silvia Peters appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her claims under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Kutasi v. Las Virgenes Unified Sch. Dist., 494 F.3d 1162, 1166 (9th Cir.2007); Stoner v. Santa Clara County Office of Educ., 502 F.3d 1116, 1120 (9th Cir.2007), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 1728 , 170 L.Ed.2d 515 (2008), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed without prejudice Peters’ claims that arise from the alleged denial of a free appropriate public education because Peters failed to exhaust administrative procedures or allege that exhaustion was futile. See 20 U.S.C. § 1415 (i)(2)(A), (Z) (requiring exhaustion); Kutasi, 494 F.3d at 1167, 1169-70 (explaining that a plaintiff who alleges a violation of Title V of the Rehabilitation Act must exhaust the IDEA’S due process hearing procedures where the alleged “injuries could be redressed to some degree” by the administrative procedures and remedies).