Sellers ex rel. Sellers v. School Board of Manassas

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This is essentially an action for educational malpractice.

An 18-year-old plaintiff whose learning disabilities (LD) were only recently discovered, claims that defendants reasonably should have identified his condition in the fourth grade, not high school. As a result, plaintiff claims that for years defendants have denied him equal access to a “free appropriate public education” in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the “IDEA”), § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“§ 504”), 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“§ 1983”), 42 U.S.C. § 1985…