Chambers v. School District of Philadelphia Board of Education

MEMORANDUM

GENE E.K. PRATTER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The case before the Court on remand from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has a long and tragic history.

Ronald E. and Leslie Chambers are the parents and guardians of Ferren Chambers (“Ferren”), a severely autistic and developmentally disabled twenty-five year-old woman (collectively the “Chambers Plaintiffs”). The Chambers Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in 2005 against the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education (“School District”) asserting a litany of statutory and constitutional violations in their own right and on…