Legal Opinion
Diaz-Fonseca v. Commonwealth of PR
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 16, 2006No. 05-1301, 05-1472PublishedCited by 236 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A parent, Marta Diaz-Fonseca, brought suit in 2002 against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its Department of Education, and two individual defendants, alleging that her child, Lyssette Cardona-Diaz, had been deprived of a free and appropriate public education (“FAPE”) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.; section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794; Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134; and Puerto Rico law.
The underlying dispute concerns whether the public schools are…
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