Legal Opinion
El Paso Independent School District v. Richard R. Ex Rel. R.R.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2009No. 08-50830PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
The El Paso Independent School District appeals the district court’s award of attorney’s fees to R.R. under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The district court determined that R.R. was the prevailing party in his suit against the school district because he had won a judicial order granting him his requested relief; the court awarded attorney’s fees to R.R. in the amount of $45,804. We assume, without deciding, that R.R. was the prevailing party in this litigation. But because R.R. rejected a written settlement offer that included all the educational relief…
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