| In NYC Board
of Ed Case in SDNY Settlement Talk Goes
Into Breakout Room Then Returns
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 19 – A case against the
New York City Department Of
Education under the
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act
(IDEA) including for
attorneys' fees resulted in on
March 12 in an impromptu
non-public settlement
discussion and then a resumed
public session.
U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Ronnie Abrams held the
proceeding, and Inner City
Press called in to cover it.
The public docket referred to
Conference in Light of Newly
Submitted Fee
Demand.
When the
attorneys started discussing
the specifics of their
dispute, Judge Abrams reminded
them that it was a public
line, just like a public
courtroom. She suggested that
she and they could retire to a
break-down room and then
return and put the results on
the public record.
Inner City
Press waited.
After a
time they returned. Judge
Abrams said that while she
doubted there was anyone but
the parties still on the line,
she wanted to make part of the
record that she had made a
recommendation in the
break-out session and that
there was a week to address
it.
One of the
lawyers referred to the role
of the NYC Comptroller then
started speaking about the
figures, what would be
acceptable and what would not.
Inner City
Press is voluntarily not
publishing the numbers said in
the open session.
But it will
continue to cover the case,
which is F.R. et al v. New
York City Department Of
Education, 20-cv-3169 (Abrams)
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