Legal Opinion
In Re Beth Ratcliffe Smith and Natalie Dawn Smith, a Minor Child, by and Through Her Next Friend, Parent, and Natural Guardian Beth Ratcliffe Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 1991No. 91-3064PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 to enforce a settlement reached in federal district court with the School Board of Orange County and the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) for a special education program and housing for a handicapped child. For the reasons below, the writ is granted.
Petitioners are Beth Ratcliffe Smith and her daughter Natalie Dawn Smith, a 15-year-old with bilateral temporal lobe agenesis. Natalie was enrolled in an Orange County School Board special education program in 1988, and in October 1989 she was…
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