Tunstall v. Bergeson

— This case comes to the court on direct review from the trial court’s summary judgment rulings. Plaintiffs (hereinafter “inmates”), a class of persons incarcerated in Washington State prisons who are either under 21 years of age, or disabled and under 22 years of age, brought suit concerning their right to education against Teresa Bergeson, the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Joseph Lehman, the Secretary of Washington’s Department of Corrections (together and hereinafter referred to as the “State”), and the school districts in which the prisons are located.

We hold that…