J.B.
J.B. v. Bonita Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:21-cv-07355-SB-E Document Filed 08/30/ Page 1 of Page ID #:7793
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
J.B. et al., Case No. 2:21-cv-07355-SB-E
Plaintiffs,
v. ORDER FOR PARTIES TO MEET
AND CONFER AND FOR
BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL PLAINTIFFS TO SHOW CAUSE
DISTRICT, RE: DISMISSAL
Defendant.
In a published decision issued last week, the Ninth Circuit addressed mootness in a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) alleging that California schools failed to provide disabled students a free appropriate public education (FAPE) when they transitioned to remote instruction in March 2020. Martinez v. Newsom, No. 20-56404, 2022 WL 3642172 (9th Cir. Aug. 24, 2022). The court held that the plaintiffs’ claims against defendants from whom they did not seek compensatory relief were moot because the schools had resumed in-person instruction. Id. at *5. In the absence of a request for compensatory relief or for injunctive relief that was not moot, the plaintiffs’ requests for a declaratory judgment stating that the defendants had violated…