Legal Opinion
Nieves-Marquez v. Commonwealth of PR
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 24, 2003No. 02-2721PublishedCited by 194 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Joshua Nieves-Márquez, a developmentally delayed and hearing-impaired teenager who attends public school in Puerto Rico, filed this federal lawsuit to compel officers of the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to pro vide him a sign language interpreter ordered for him several months earlier by a hearing officer under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. The suit asserted claims under IDEA; Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 1210 et seq.; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…
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