{"id":16753,"date":"2016-07-28T10:26:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=16753"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T14:26:29","slug":"great-case-from-the-9th-circuit-may-13-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/great-case-from-the-9th-circuit-may-13-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Case from the 9th Circuit (May 13, 2016)"},"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=\"Great%20Case%20from%20the%209th%20Circuit%20%28May%2013%2C%202016%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>CA Department of Health Care Services sues the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) in a special education due process hearing.<\/p>\n<p>May 13, 2016 decision from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p>Parties:<\/p>\n<p>CA Dept of Health Care Services, Petitioner\/Appellee v. CA Office of Administrative Hearings v. Parents + Cupertino School District + Santa Clara County Office of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Dispute is related to attorneys fees, related services, and stay put.<\/p>\n<p>Pertinent quotes &#8211; \u201cWe also doubt that the California Legislature intended for the Department of Health Care Services to insulate itself from review in these cases by implementing its own appeal process to the exclusion of an ALJ&#8217;s jurisdiction. Moreover, while ALJs are not usually medically trained, they are triers of fact capable of weighing evidence and reaching factual conclusions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the medically necessary occupational therapy services in J.C.&#8217;s IEP were necessary for him to benefit from special education, the ALJ also had authority to order compensatory therapy . . . For the same reason, the ALJ had authority to order reimbursement for the independent assessments obtained by J.C.&#8217;s parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Short URL for case is at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/L2QKgs\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/L2QKgs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/2015law\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/2015law\/cover200x295.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a>We just published our 2015 Year in Review book,\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/2015law\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Legal Developments and Cases 2015.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/2015law\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/2015law\/index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will more than likely include this Ninth Circuit case next year in our 2016 Year in Review book.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/2015law.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">2015 Year in Review<\/span><\/a> contains a Table of Decisions that includes the date, court, synopsis of legal issues, outcome, and prevailing party in the cases. 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