California OAH special education order · January 21, 2025
Order Requiring Identification of Electronic Exhibits for Hearing
OAH Case No. 2024100061 · ALJ Penelope S. Pahl
OAH ordered Student to rename uploaded hearing exhibits before the hearing began, because the exhibits in Case Center did not follow the naming rules in OAH's electronic exhibit order.
Summary
The day before the due process hearing, OAH found that Student had uploaded exhibits to the Case Center evidence program, but the files were not named as required. OAH had attached its Order Setting Procedures for Filing Exhibits Electronically to the October 2, 2024 Scheduling Order. On its own motion, OAH ordered Student to bring the exhibits into compliance before the hearing started on January 22, 2025.
Why it matters
OAH enforces its electronic exhibit rules, including file naming, right up to the start of hearing. Families and advocates should check Case Center uploads against the procedures order well before hearing to avoid last-minute orders or problems getting exhibits in.
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Full text of the order
Published text of the OAH order. Page headers and numbers from the original PDF have been dropped.
BEFORE THE
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF:
PARENTS ON BEHALF OF STUDENT,
v.
TORRANCE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OAH CASE NUMBER 2024100061
ORDER REQUIRING IDENTIFICATION OF
ELECTRONIC EXHIBITS FOR HEARING
JANUARY 21, 2025
On October 1, 2024, Parents, on behalf of Student, filed a Request for Due Process Hearing, also called a complaint, with the Office of Administrative Hearings, called OAH, naming Torrance Unified School District as respondent. On October 2, 2024, OAH issued a Scheduling Order that included an attached, Order Setting Procedures for Filing Exhibits Electronically. The order setting electronic exhibits procedures detailed the requirements for filing exhibits in the evidence program, Case Center, prior to the start of a hearing before OAH.
The parties are scheduled to begin hearing on January 22, 2025. As of January 21, 2025, Student’s exhibits have been uploaded but fail to comply with the electronic exhibit filing procedures. Specifically, the exhibits filed are not named as required.
Student is ordered to comply with the Order Setting Procedures for Filing Exhibits Electronically prior to the time the hearing is scheduled to begin.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Penelope S. Pahl Administrative Law Judge Office of Administrative Hearings