{"id":14166,"date":"2016-01-28T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=13640"},"modified":"2016-05-27T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:31:54","slug":"fry-v-napoleon-community-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/fry-v-napoleon-community-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Fry%20v.%20Napoleon%20Community%20Schools\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/sup.ct.front.jpg\" alt=\"US Supreme Court Building\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>New U.S. Supreme Court case, maybe?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On June 12, 2015, the Sixth Circuit in <em>Fry v. Napoleon Community School District<\/em> held that their case had to be dismissed because they failed to exhaust their administrative remedies, i.e., pursue a special education due process hearing.<\/p>\n<p>This is a &#8220;Service Dog&#8221; case. The parents were not seeking changes to the child&#8217;s IEP at the time they filed suit and were only seeking damages under 504 and ADA.<\/p>\n<p>Parents lost at the US District Court, lost at the Sixth Circuit, and have petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court has not yet agreed to hear the case and instead has requested that the United States file a brief and advise as to whether or not the Court should grant certiorari, i.e., hear the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/pleading\/fry.brief.united.states.solicitor.general.15-497.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Brief from United States<\/span><\/a> recommending that Supreme Court grant Certiorari. (May 20, 2016)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/pleading\/fry.brief.united.states.solicitor.general.15-497.pdf\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/pleading\/fry.brief.united.states.solicitor.general.15-497.pdf <\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the most recent status visit the &#8220;Scotus Blog&#8221; website.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/fry-v-napoleon-community-schools\/\">http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/fry-v-napoleon-community-schools\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/caselaw\/2016\/6th.circuit.fry.v.arlington.pdf\">the decision<\/a><\/span> issued by the Sixth Circuit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/caselaw\/2016\/6th.circuit.fry.v.arlington.pdf\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/caselaw\/2016\/6th.circuit.fry.v.arlington.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/fry.napoleon.504.service.dog.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Fry v. Napoleon Comm. Sch. Dist<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/fry.napoleon.504.service.dog.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/art\/fry.napoleon.504.service.dog.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Edweek<\/em> summarized it:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The legal question is whether a 1986 federal statute that amended the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires families to exhaust procedures under the IDEA when they are suing under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Those latter statutes provide for damages, which the IDEA does not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We will be following the case on Wrightslaw. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New U.S. Supreme Court case, maybe? On June 12, 2015, the Sixth Circuit in Fry v. 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