Rappaport v. Vance

MEMORANDUM

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, Senior District Judge.

Defendants seek Partial Summary Judgment to deny attorney’s fees to Plaintiff Nolan Rappaport, a lawyer who acted pro se in certain proceedings under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA or the Act), 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. Because the facts are not in dispute, the Court may decide as a matter of law whether pro se litigants who are lawyers are entitled to fees under the Act. F.R.Civ.P. 56(c). Since the Supreme Court has denied pro se lawyer's fees under Title VII for reasons that apply equally here, the Court will deny…