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47 J.L. & Educ. 235 (2018)
Recent Cases and Commentary

handle is hein.journals/jle47 and id is 241 raw text is: Recent Decisions- SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Review Denied Decisions without published opinion in lower court DOCKET NO: 17-534 NAME: LT. v. Haw. Dep't of Educ. DATE CERT. DENIED: 12/4/2017 CITATION: 138 S. Ct. 517 Student, through his parents, appealed reduction of attorney's fees after partial win of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act suit. Student's parents sued for reimbursement of cost of private placement and other expenses. After protracted litigation, the magistrate court found for the plaintiffs, but only for an amount constituting thirteen percent of the amount they had originally requested. Based on the limited recovery, the magistrate court reduced both the attorney's requested hourly rate by twenty-five percent and the number of hours the attorney was entitled to bill by twenty percent. Plaintiffs appealed to the district court. The district court upheld the magistrate judge's reductions to the award of attorney's fees. Plaintiff's appealed to the court of appeals. Held: For the defendant. The court found that the reduction of attorney's fees did not represent an abuse of discretion on the part of the magistrate judge. L T. v. Haw. Dep't of Educ., 700 Fed. App'x. 596 (9th Cir. 2017) (unpublished), cert. denied, 138 S. Ct. 517 (2018). DOCKET NO: 17-713 NAME: Alston v. Pa. State Univ. DATE CERT. DENIED: 1/16/2018 CITATION: - U.S. -, 86 U.S.L.W. 3354 Law student sued university for failing to provide him with increased financial aid for personal expenses. Alston was attending law school at Pennsylvania State University. While in law school he requested 235

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