V.S.
Garvey School District v. V.S.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
I. INTRODUCTION
This case arose from a dispute concerning a school district’s obligation to provide a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) to one of its students pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (“IDEA”). Plaintiff and counterdefendant Garvey School District (“GSD”) initiated proceedings in this Court on February 20, 2019 by appealing a California Office of Administrative Hearing decision that awarded defendant and counterclaimant V-.S., an 11 year old sixth grade student (“V.S.” or the “student”), certain specified special education services and interventions. See ECF No. | (“Compl.”). GSD filed an amended complaint on March 22, 2019. ECF No. 10 (“FAC”). On April 2, 2019, V.S. filed an answer and counterclaim against GSD requesting attorneys’ fees. See ECF No. 13 (“Answer” or “CC”). GSD filed an answer to the counterclaim on May 20, 2019. See ECF No. 19 (“GSD Answer”). V-.S. moved for summary judgment on GSD’s appeal on October 18, 2019. ECF No. 33 (“MSJ”). In lieu of filing an opposition, on October 28, 2019, GSD moved to…