C.D.
C.D. v. Atascadero Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 C.D., a minor, by and through his Case No. 2:22-cv-05937-MCS-AGR Guardian Ad Litem, Michelle Dougherty, FINDINGS OF FACT AND 12 Plaintiff, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 13 v.
ATASCADERO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT,
Defendant.
18 19 Plaintiff C.D. is a minor who filed this action by and through his guardian ad litem Michelle Dougherty seeking judicial review of Defendant Atascadero Unified School District’s decision to remove C.D. from his individual education plan (“IEP”) placement for more than ten days and the subsequent “[d]ecision rendered by California’s Office of Administrative Hearings [(“OAH”)]” pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1415. (Compl. ¶¶ 1–2, ECF No. 1.) The parties elected to submit to a bench trial on a stipulated record. (See J. Rule 26(f) Rep. 6–7, ECF No. 18.) Plaintiff filed a trial brief. (Pl.’s Br., ECF No. 28.) 28 Defendant filed an opposing brief, (Def.’s Br., ECF No. 31), and…