E.F.A. v. New York City Department of Education

District Court, S.D. New York

E.F.A. v. New York City Department of Education

Trial Court Opinion

sealed with access granted to the parties 4 and court personnel. Sacco & Fillas, LLP The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed t Attorneys at Law terminate ECF 28. Dated: December 6, 2024 Newtown Avenue December 5, 2024 New York, New York Floor 50 ORDERED - NY 11102 Asche Hon. Robyn F. Tarnofsky UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDG 718 746-3440 Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse 718 269-2242 500 Pearl St. Fax: 718 744-9753 New York, NY 10007-1312 Via Upload to PACER/CMECF [email protected] Re: E.F.A. et al v. N.Y.C Dep’t of Educ., 24-cv-1628 (JLR)(RFT) Sacco* Request to File Redacted Documents N. Fillas Brandimarte Dear Judge Tarnofsky: Badalov R. Baez* . . lexander Berger* This office represents Plaintiffs in the above-referenced action, where Plaintiff is B tein* Cantor. seek attorney’s fees and expenses for work performed in an administrative hearing Ciaramella A. Craven under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”),

20 U.S.C. §1400

, et lex Di A. Doiran seq., along with fees for the current Federal action. S. Kaplan B Groman Jablonski _. . Y. Kim I write this request in light of the Court’s opinions in Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. « h Katz L. Lewis Onondaga,

435 F.3d 110

(2d Cir. 2006) and Bernstein v. Bernstein Litowitz Berger & tricia R. Lynch R. Matuza, Jr. Grossman LLP,

814 F.3d 132

(2d Cir. 2016). T. McHugh . : K. Rodgers Plaintiffs herein request the Court’s approval to file the attached documents in E. Schi . oe . J. Schlaf mu redacted form to protect I.A. (the minor plaintiff) and E.F.A.’s (minor plaintiff’ □ E. Sil . . . . indy S. Simms. parent) personally identifiable information pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1400 and 34 CFR § A. Si . oe - William Sung " 303.401. The documents will be attached as exhibits to Plaintiffs’ motion for summai S. Warycha . M. Whitfield judgment. A. Wolff admitted in New Jersey

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Sacco & Fillas, LLP Attorneys at Law

1-19 Avenue To safeguard the Plaintiffs’ privacy, the following information was redacted from the Floor NY 11102 attached documents: 1) The Plaintiffs’ address; 2) E.F.A.’s name, signature, phone number and e-mail address.

The following redacted documents are attached: Exhibit A — Due Process Complaint Exhibit B — Amended Finding of Fact and Decision- Due Process Claim Exhibit C — Notice of Claim, with Exhibits Exhibit D — Administrative Claim Invoice Exhibit E — Fee Claim Invoice Exhibit F —Retainer Agreement

I will contemporaneously file sealed copies of the original, unredacted documents per the Part Rules. Plaintiffs respectfully request that this request for redaction be granted, within the Court’s discretion.

Respectfully,

“ By: Shira J. Biegacz ce: All Counsel of Record Via upload to PACER/CMECF

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