Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools (598 U.S. 142)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided March 21, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 142 · 143 S. Ct. 859
- Decided
- March 21, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus LUNA PEREZ v. STURGIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 21–887. Argued January 18, 2023—Decided March 21, 2023 Petitioner Miguel Luna Perez, who is deaf, attended schools in Michi- gan’s Sturgis Public School District (Sturgis) from ages 9 through 20. When Sturgis announced that it would not permit Mr. Perez to gradu- ate, he and his family filed an administrative complaint with the Mich- igan Department of Education alleging (among other things) that Stur- gis failed to provide him a free and appropriate public education as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). See 20 U. S. C. §1415 . They claimed that Sturgis supplied Mr. Perez with unqualified interpreters and misrepresented his educational pro- gress. The parties reached a settlement in which Sturgis promised to provide the forward-looking relief Mr. Perez sought, including addi-…
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