Fells v. Brooks

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.

This is a motion for attorney’s fees arising out of an action settled by stipulation. The action challenged arrangements made by the District of Columbia for the education of two physically handicapped, mentally retarded children living at the Forest Haven Home, the District’s primary institution for the mentally retarded. In particular, plaintiffs, who are surrogate parents of the two children, alleged that the District’s failure to provide adequate transportation from Laurel, Maryland, where Forest Haven is located, to the children’s special…