Legal Opinion
Lebron v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 20, 2014No. 13-2078PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Maribel Lebrón and Francisco Portales, parents of K.F.P.L. (“the child”), sued the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Department of Education (“DOE”) 1 under numerous state and fed eral statutes for alleged discrimination and retaliation against their disabled child. The district court dismissed all the claims against the Commonwealth, and the parents appeal on various grounds.
For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We recite the facts as they are alleged in the complaint.
In 2008, the child was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of…
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