Legal Opinion
Walker v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 23, 1997No. Civil Action 96-1267 (PLF)PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
Phillip Walker is a sixteen year-old student in the District of Columbia who has been diagnosed as mildly mentally retarded. He complains that for many years he was not given the special education to which he was entitled under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. Specifically, he claims that he was misdiagnosed, that the statutorily-required due process hearings that would have established his educational needs were not held in a timely manner, that his educational evaluations were…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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