PRATT v. BOARD OF ED. OF FREDERICK COUNTY

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Docket Number

No. 81-1897.

Attorney(S)

Charles U. Price, Frederick, Md. (Rollins, Price Tisdale, Frederick, Md., on brief), for appellants. Eleanor Montgomery, Baltimore, Md., Maryland Advocacy Unit for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. for appellee.

Judges

Albert Vickers Bryan
Hiram Emory Widener
Kenneth Keller Hall

Acts

Labor — Vocational Rehabilitation And Other Rehabilitation Services — Rights And Advocacy — Remedies And Attorney Fees

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PHILLIP PRATT, BY HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND, BARBARA VANN, APPELLEE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY AND GORDON M. ANDERSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, FREDERICK COUNTY, APPELLANTS.

PER CURIAM:

The Board of Education of Frederick County, Maryland, and its Superintendent of Schools appeal from a district court order awarding attorney fees to Barbara Vann and her son pursuant to Title V, Section 505(b) of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794a(b).

Vann filed this action to compel the Board to make certain disciplinary provisions for her emotionally handicapped child. The parties reached a settlement, and the court subsequently awarded attorney fees to the plaintiff on the ground that she was the prevailing party.

Having reviewed the arguments of counsel and transcript of the district court proceedings, we find no error in the district court's ruling. Accordingly, we affirm the award for the reasons stated by the district court. Pratt v. Board of Education of Frederick Co., Md., et al., C/A No. K80 2195 (D.Md., July 28, 1981).

PHILLIP PRATT, BY HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND, BARBARA VANN, APPELLEE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY AND GORDON M. ANDERSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, FREDERICK COUNTY, APPELLANTS.

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