Fuentes v. Board of Education of City of New York

The facts of this case are set forth in detail in our earlier opinion in this case. See Fuentes v. Bd. of Educ. of City of N.Y., 540 F.3d 145, 146-48 (2d Cir.2008). In relevant part, Jesus Fuentes (“Fuentes”), the biological and non-custodial parent of Mathew Fuentes (“Mathew”), a disabled child, challenged the special education services Mathew received from the New York public schools as inadequate. Id. at 147. After the Committee on Special Education for the Hearing, Handicapped, and Visually Impaired determined that Fuentes, as Mathew’s non-custodial parent, did not have the right to…