SCOTUS unanimously decided a case in favor of a deaf student who sued his school district for denying his graduation after he was not provided a qualified interpreter, a ruling that could help claims of unfair treatment by students with disabilities.
In a 10-page opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court agreed the student's initial settlement with the school district under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act did not prevent a separate lawsuit also against the district under the Americans with Disabilities Act because he was seeking compensatory damages not afforded under the first law.The decision allows a plaintiff to go forward with his claims in federal court after lower courts ruled against him.
The case surrounds 27-year-old Miguel Perez, the deaf son of an immigrant family who enrolled in Sturgis Public School District when he was 9 and made good grades throughout his time in school. But months before his eventual graduation, his parents learned he would not receive a diploma and that their son was also assigned an interpreter who did not actually know sign language.
Perez filed a complaint with Michigan officials in 2017 claiming the school violated state and federal laws, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. His family eventually agreed to a settlement ahead of the case's resolution, which saw the school agree to pay for Perez to attend the Michigan School for the Deaf.
A split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed, leading Perez to appeal to the Supreme Court in 2021.
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