Legal Opinion
Kirkpatrick v. Lenoir County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2000No. 99-1609PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GOODWIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge TRAXLER joined.
OPINION
GOODWIN, District Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether an action brought in federal district court pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et seq., by a party aggrieved by a state administrative agency decision is an original civil action or an appeal. For the reasons stated herein, we find that such an action is an original civil action governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, we affirm the…
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