Jason Bercovitch v. Baldwin School, Inc.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of a dispute between a private non-special needs school, and a student with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and his parents. It requires us to decide, as a matter of first impression in this circuit, whether a plaintiff may be compelled to arbitrate claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) where the plaintiff had voluntarily signed an agreement requiring arbitration. Because the district court denied arbitration and issued a preliminary injunction requiring the school to keep a student whom it had suspended, this case…