Scheduling and continuances
363 California OAH special education orders on scheduling and continuances, newest first, each with a plain-English summary. Search and filter these orders.
2026
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Non-Expedited Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's request to continue a hearing that had already been held and closed. The request was untimely and moot, and Parent had long known the reasons offered, so there was no good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference Denying Request for Second Mediation and Granting a Short Continuance of the Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH denied a joint request for a second mediation and third hearing continuance because no good cause was stated, but granted Parent a short continuance due to illness.
- Order Denying Fremont's Request for Further Continuance of Due ProcessOAH denied Fremont's second request to continue the hearing. A district director's prepaid vacation was not good cause because other administrators could serve as the district's hearing representative.
- Order Denying Motion to Continue Due Process Hearing DatesOAH denied Tahoe Truckee's second continuance request because its lead attorney's busy hearing calendar did not show true unavailability, and Student's earlier-filed case has priority.
- Order Denying Request for Mediation, Granting a Short Continuance of Due Process Hearing, and Notice of No Action of Student's Request for Supplemental SanctionsOAH granted Tahoe Truckee only a short continuance to July 21, 2026, not the September date it sought, because the district proved unavailability only through July 12. OAH denied mediation because Student would not agree.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint request to continue the hearing because counsel's conflict between two cases filed hours apart was self-made, and the earlier-filed case takes priority.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's unopposed request for a fourth continuance as premature, because the counsel's conflicting hearing was more than three weeks away and could still resolve or be continued.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted a self-represented Parent's opposed request to continue the hearing to June 16, 2026, finding good cause in a sudden medical emergency involving Parent's other child.
- Order Granting Request for Second Continuance and Setting DatesOAH granted a self-represented Parent's second continuance over the District's objection, finding Parent diligently sought counsel after a planned attorney fell through and the District had asked her to wait until after mediation.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's request for a one-week hearing continuance because the feared labor strike never happened, extra hearing days could be added as needed, and Parent gave no specific showing of disability-related need.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH partly granted Student's opposed first continuance request because counsel had conflicting earlier-filed hearings, but refused a longer delay since conflicts starting May 19, 2026 were too speculative.
- Order Denying Student's Request for a Second Continuance of Non-Expedited Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH denied Student's second continuance request because Parent's childcare conflict, unspecified other legal matters, and unsupported claim of searching for an attorney did not show good cause.
- Amended Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Request to ContinueOAH granted Las Virgenes a continuance because Parent's prehearing conference statement had no proof of service and the District first saw it during the conference. OAH also sealed exhibits Parent had mistakenly filed.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint third request to continue the due process hearing because they gave no reasons and so did not show good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Mendocino's contested first continuance and moved the hearing from March 17 to May 19–21, 2026. Mendocino showed good cause through pre-existing conflicts for its party representative and its attorney.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Capistrano's contested continuance only to April 21, 2026, because its attorney from the expedited hearing could not easily be replaced. The district's representative could be replaced, so OAH refused a longer delay.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's opposed one-week continuance because Father had a sudden medical issue, rejecting Gustine's school-break and counsel-conflict objections and resetting the hearing to February 18 and 19, 2026.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Glendale's contested request to continue the hearing to February 11 and 12, 2026, because Glendale and its counsel were ordered back into an ongoing expedited hearing that takes priority.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH denied Glendora's request to continue its own due process hearing. The district did not show its Executive Director was essential or that its attorney was truly unavailable.
2025
- Order Denying Joint Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint request to move the hearing to February 2026. The parties did not show why the hearing could not start as scheduled on December 23 and 24, 2025.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Alhambra's opposed continuance because its attorney had pre-planned international travel and the long case history made substitute counsel impractical. The first, short delay did not prejudice Student.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's oral request to continue the consolidated hearing over Stockton's opposition, because Student's counsel had not been served with Stockton's due process complaint.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Sonoma Valley only a one-week continuance, to November 25–26, 2025, over Student's opposition, because its counsel had a conflicting earlier-filed hearing but no conflict on the new dates.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's motion to continue the hearing. Student's attorney knew of his scheduling conflict in June but did not file until after the prehearing conference, missing OAH's three-business-day deadline.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Fremont's opposed continuance because a sworn declaration showed both its lawyers were committed to earlier-filed hearings, and Student's claim of educational harm was unsworn and speculative.
- Order Granting Motion for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Student a short continuance over Ojai Unified's opposition because Student's counsel was unavailable, but found no good cause for the full length of delay requested.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Parent's oral request, over Milpitas's opposition, to continue the consolidated hearing because of a conflict with another court hearing, resetting it to September 16 through 18, 2025.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference Granting Continuance of the Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH gave Del Mar a short continuance to September 3, 2025, not the September 30 date it asked for, because only one of its attorney's conflicting hearings was in an earlier-filed case.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted Student a short continuance over Ojai's opposition because Student's counsel had an earlier-filed hearing on the same dates, but it refused the longer delay to September 16, 2025.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Ojai's request to continue the hearing because the conflicting hearing in another case had been vacated after that complaint was found insufficient, so no scheduling conflict remained.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Saugus's opposed four-week continuance over Parent's objection, finding the district is entitled to its counsel of choice when counsel has earlier-filed OAH hearings and the delay is not excessive.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied New Haven's continuance request because an earlier order had already moved the hearing to July 8-10, 2025, which ended counsel's conflict and most witness conflicts.
- Order Granting Milpitas Unified School District's Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Milpitas a continuance over Parent's objection because the district believed in good faith that the case had settled. Parent refused to sign the agreement the day before hearing. The hearing was reset to July 8-10, 2025.
- Order Denying Joint Request for Continuance of Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue the prehearing conference and hearing. Settlement talks are not good cause, and no declarations under penalty of perjury supported the request.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted a joint continuance of the hearing to June 10, 2025, over San Dieguito's objection, because Student's and the County Office's attorneys had confirmed conflicts with earlier-filed OAH cases.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted a self-represented Mother a short continuance over Mendocino's objection. The reason was her confusion about the prehearing conference. The conference was reset to April 28, 2025, and the hearing to May 6–8, 2025.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's opposed, day-before-hearing continuance request, finding good cause for a short delay so Student could show steps toward obtaining education rights for Stepmother; hearing reset to May 6-8, 2025.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Downey's request to continue the hearing. Its attorney's other hearings had not started, while this case was already underway with the non-expedited portion set for March 18, 2025.
- Order Denying Student's Request for an Extension to File Closing BriefOAH denied Student's last-minute request for more time to file a closing brief, finding objections to how the issues were worded had already been decided and were not good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH continued the hearing from March to April 8–10, 2025, rejecting the County Office's request for late-May dates because its counsel was free in mid-April and Student was home without education.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's second continuance request over Fremont Union's opposition because of Parent's health concerns and need to find counsel, but set the hearing for March 25 to 27, 2025, earlier than requested.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Washington's opposed one-day continuance because its lead counsel had a conflicting hearing, finding the harm of switching lead attorneys outweighed Student's prejudice from a one-day delay.
2024
- Order Denying Second Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' second joint request for mediation and a continuance because they gave no information or argument showing good cause; all prehearing conference and hearing dates stand.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Student a short continuance because Student's attorney had a family emergency and Parent was ill. It rejected Student's other reasons and reset the hearing to January 7, 2025, not the later date Student requested.
- Order Denying Request for Videoconference Mediation and Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's second request for a 30-day continuance. Counsel showed a conflict with another hearing but did not show the need for 30 days, proposed no dates, and again failed to meet and confer.
- Order Granting Request for Videoconference Mediation and Denying Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH set video mediation for October 30, 2024, but denied the parties' joint request to move the November hearing to mid-December because they did not show good cause.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH denied Student's request for a 30-day continuance. Student showed good cause because counsel had a conflicting hearing, but did not show that counsel met and conferred with Grossmont Union on agreeable new dates.
- Order Denying Request for Mediation and Continuance of the HearingOAH denied a joint request to reset mediation and continue the hearing. Student skipped the original mediation without explanation, and the claim that a District representative was unavailable was too vague to show good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Corona-Norco's opposed continuance because its lead counsel had earlier-filed hearings with calendar priority, and found Student's claimed prejudice too vague to block the delay.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's oral request for a four-week continuance over Los Angeles Unified's objection, finding good cause because Student's newly retained attorney had not yet received the records needed to prepare.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Stockton's opposed request for a three-week continuance because Parents' earlier-filed case for their other child was set for hearing on the same dates with the same attorneys.
- Order Partially Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Corona-Norco a short continuance because its attorney and representative had pre-planned vacations, but refused to delay the hearing to October because summer break and other cases are not good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted Roseville's opposed request for a brief continuance because its lead counsel and a key witness, its special education director, were on prescheduled vacations during the original hearing dates.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied the parties' joint continuance request without prejudice because they left the mediation section of OAH's form blank and gave no other showing of good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Due Process HearingOAH continued the hearing one day, to April 10, 2024, after an ill Mother asked for a week. It warned the hearing may proceed without Student's side if neither parent appears.
- Order Denying Request for Confirmation of the Hearing ScheduleOAH denied Student's request to confirm hearing dates beyond the first three days. The request was premature, and serving subpoenas for set dates does not let a party control the witness order.
- Order Denying Student's Request to Advance Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH denied Student's request to advance hearing dates because Fremont District's email offering to skip the resolution session only if Student agreed to mediate was not a complete waiver.
- Order Following Order to Show Cause and Continuing Order to Show Cause, Prehearing Conference, and Due Process HearingOAH continued an order to show cause hearing about Student's counsel missing a prehearing conference, so counsel could respond to West Contra Costa's sanctions motion, which was filed one hour before the hearing.
2023
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Snowline's opposed request to continue the hearing because four witnesses had pre-arranged travel plans on the hearing dates, and Student showed no prejudice from the delay.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Due Process HearingOAH gave Manhattan Beach only a one-week continuance, not the five weeks it asked for, because the district had failed to disclose these conflicts in its two earlier continuance requests.
- Order Denying Without Prejudice Student's Request to Change Mediation and Prehearing Conference DatesOAH denied Student's opposed request to move mediation and the prehearing conference because mediation dates must be jointly requested; the request canceled the scheduled mediation, and the prehearing conference and hearing stay as calendared.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted High Tech's opposed continuance request because its counsel and representative had preplanned vacations and work commitments, resetting the hearing to February 8, 2024.
- Order Granting District's Second Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted Manhattan Beach's second continuance because of counsel's conflict with an earlier-filed hearing, but refused the requested delay to February 2024 and reset the hearing for January 3-4, 2024.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Denying Request for Review by Presiding JudgeOAH denied Parent's last-minute request to continue a long-delayed hearing because the claimed medical conflicts were vague and undocumented, and refused to send the motion to a presiding judge.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request for a third continuance because Torrance did not show good cause, gave no details about its conflicting hearing, and the request was not ripe.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Parent's late request to continue the prehearing conference and hearing because of an unexpected medical emergency, over El Segundo's objection that a continuance had already been granted.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Fremont's request to move the hearing back to August 22, 2023, over Parent's opposition, because Fremont's attorney had an earlier-filed OAH hearing scheduled the same week.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Los Angeles' request to continue its own due process hearing because summer break alone does not show essential witnesses are unavailable, and Parents need not take part in resolution or hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Palo Alto Unified a short continuance over Student's objection because its lead attorney, hearing representative, and five witnesses were unavailable, but refused the September date it requested.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Elk Grove's request to continue the hearing because the district did not promptly notify Student's teacher of the hearing dates as ordered, so her pre-paid vacation was not good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Bonita's opposed request to continue the due process hearing to July 18, 2023, because Bonita's attorney and district representatives were unavailable due to other OAH hearings.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference for Hearing by Videoconference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted San Juan's opposed one-week continuance because its lead counsel had pre-paid out-of-state travel, finding good cause for the district to keep its preferred counsel.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Bonita Unified's opposed request to continue the hearing. Counsel's vacation on one hearing day and a possible conflicting expedited hearing did not yet show good cause.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint request to continue the hearing because the district attorney's possible conflict with another hearing was only anticipated, not an actual scheduling conflict.
- Order Granting Request to Extend Date When Closing Argument Briefs Are DueOAH extended the closing-brief deadline to May 15, 2023, over Student's opposition, because Granite Mountain's solo-practitioner attorney needed more time to recover from complicated surgery.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted a short continuance over Magnolia Public Schools' opposition because Parent's mandatory new-employee training was good cause, and the district had also asked to delay the hearing start.
- Order Denying Student's Fourth Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's fourth continuance request to find a lawyer. Student had already received more than six months of continuances and had been warned no more would be granted, and no attorney had committed to the case.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request for a two-month continuance. The attorney Parent planned to hire had not filed a notice of representation, and Student showed no diligent search for other counsel and no Parent unavailability.
- Order Denying Gateway College & Career Academy's Motion for Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH denied Gateway's opposed request to delay the hearing until Student's separate case against Corona-Norco was decided, finding the issues distinct and the risk of inconsistent remedies speculative.
2022
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for Continuance for Non-Expedited Due Process HearingOAH granted Sacramento City a shorter continuance than it asked for. The hearing moved to January 4–5, 2023 because the same parties had another hearing starting the same day, but the District did not justify a January 10 date.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Turlock Unified's opposed request for a continuance because Student's sibling's hearing was set for the same dates and the District's witnesses could not testify at both hearings.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's mid-hearing continuance over San Juan Unified's objection because Student's attorney was ill, resetting hearing to November 1, 2022, and requiring Student to subpoena its expert.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Prehearing Conference DateOAH denied Student's request to move the prehearing conference for counsel's religious holiday because Student waited a month after the scheduling order to ask, and no other date fit OAH's rules.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to move the prehearing conference for a religious holiday because Student waited too long to ask, leaving September 26 as the only workable date.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Parent's continuance over Lemoore's opposition, finding good cause in Parent's need for more time to obtain an attorney, and reset the hearing to October 25–27, 2022.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's continuance over Los Angeles's objection because Student's attorney and expert witness both had COVID, resetting the hearing to August 2-4, 2022.
- Order Granting Student's Request for Late Filing of Closing BriefOAH accepted Student's late closing brief over Fallbrook's objection, after Parent explained that family illness delayed the self-represented parents, and gave Fallbrook until June 30, 2022, to respond.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Charter Oak's first continuance request over Parent's opposition, finding good cause because the district's counsel was unavailable, and reset the hearing to August 23 through 25, 2022.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Sky Mountain and Chaffey's joint continuance over Student's objection, finding good cause because counsel was unavailable, and reset the hearing to July 19 through 21, 2022.
- Order Granting Student's Request for Continuance and Resetting Hearing DatesOAH granted self-represented Parents a short continuance over Hanford's objection, finding Parents' need for basic due process outweighed any prejudice; hearing reset to June 21-23, 2022.
- Order Granting One Day ContinuanceOAH granted a one-day continuance over Anaheim's opposition. Student's motion was untimely, but OAH moved the start date to reconcile a calendar conflict with Student's attorney's other ongoing hearing.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied Student's opposed continuance request as premature because the hearing-date conflict with another case was only potential, while confirming that the earlier-filed case takes precedence for hearing.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied San Bernardino City Unified's opposed request to continue the hearing because the district did not show its attorney's other hearings would actually go forward or why its representative's meetings took priority.
- Order Granting Request to Continue Due Process HearingOAH granted Etiwanda only a one-week continuance, to March 29 and 30, 2022, rather than the six-week delay it sought, after Student objected that a longer delay would push relief past the school year.
- Order Denying Student's Second Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's second continuance request over Hesperia's opposition because an out-of-state witness could testify remotely, Student lacked diligence, and Student's attorney never met and conferred with Hesperia.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the March 8, 2022 hearing because Student did not identify which witnesses were unavailable or when, and did not try to meet and confer with Hesperia.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to move the hearing to May 2022. None of their reasons was good cause, and the case would already be pending more than five months.
- Order Denying Request for Further ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request for a further continuance. The case had already been amended and continued, and the conflicting due process case had only just been filed, with no showing it would actually go to hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Chula Vista's opposed continuance because Student's 2019-2020 teacher, a key witness for both sides, was unavailable due to a serious medical condition with a firm return-to-work date.
2021
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a parent's last-minute request to continue the District's due process hearing to seek legal advice or counsel, finding no good cause because the parent skipped the prehearing conference and waited until two business days before hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Chula Vista's opposed request for a 60-day continuance because Student's 2019-2020 teacher, a key witness, is severely ill with no firm return date, finding no prejudice to Student.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted self-represented, Spanish-speaking Parents a one-week continuance over Lakeport Unified's objection. Parents had no computer or printer to review emailed documents and were unprepared for hearing.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Compton Unified's opposed continuance only because an earlier-filed case was confirmed for the same hearing dates, and refused the longer delay the District sought based on later-filed cases.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Long Beach's last-minute continuance request over witness scheduling. The case had been pending for months, and the prehearing order already required the District to have its witnesses available.
- Order Granting Motion to Extend Meet and Confer TimelineOAH gave the parties one more day to complete their court-ordered meet and confer, over Long Beach's opposition, because Student's attorney was in another hearing and the delay would not affect the hearing schedule.
- Order for Written Closing BriefsOAH let Victor Valley's hearing go forward without Parent and set written closing briefs for September 28, 2021. Parent called about a family emergency but made no written continuance request and did not answer the ALJ's calls.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing. Counsel's claimed calendar conflicts were unsupported by hearing dates, there was no meet-and-confer with Irvine, other firm attorneys were available, and the request was premature.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Parent's late, opposed request to continue the prehearing conference and hearing so Parent could seek counsel, after mail problems kept Parent from receiving case documents until the day of the conference.
- Order Granting Student's Motion for ContinuanceOAH continued the last hearing day by three weeks, not the four to six Student sought. Parent's emergency surgery and a witness who could not be subpoenaed were good cause, but no evidence supported a longer delay.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied San Diego's continuance request without prejudice because none of its counsel's or representative's other hearings actually conflicted with the scheduled June 29, 2021 hearing.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Saugus's opposed continuance because its trial attorney was engaged in another ongoing OAH hearing, and noted that Student's opposition left out key facts about that hearing's schedule.
- Order Granting Request for Videoconference Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's first continuance request over San Benito's opposition so Student's attorney could recover from a medical procedure, and reset the hearing to June 2, 2021.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's last-minute request to continue the hearing, over Rialto's objection, because Student's attorney was busy in another student's ongoing due process hearing; the hearing was reset to June 2, 2021.
- Notice of Hearing Date Change for Order to Show Cause and Prehearing ConferenceOAH rescheduled the order to show cause hearing and resumed prehearing conference to May 14, 2021, because it had failed to serve Student's counsel with its May 3, 2021 order.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's continuance over San Marcos's opposition because Parent could not attend the hearing and parental participation in a student's special education program is important.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Orcutt's opposed continuance request because a second district attorney, Kidd D. Crawford, could handle this hearing while lead counsel covered a conflicting case.
2020
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted Charter Oak's opposed request to continue the hearing because its counsel had hearings in previously filed cases, and reset the hearing to January 26-28, 2021.
- Order Granting Request to Reschedule Prehearing ConferenceOAH rescheduled the prehearing conference because Parent was temporarily ill, but denied the request as a disability accommodation because temporary sinus and chest infections are not disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting DatesOAH granted the charter schools' opposed two-week continuance so their counsel could attend counsel's own wedding, finding good cause and rejecting Student's proposed alternate dates as not coordinated with opposing counsel.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's mid-hearing request to pause the case until an in-person hearing was possible. No law suspends the hearing timelines during COVID-19, and video hearings are authorized and protect due process rights.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Chaffey's contested continuance because the District was already in another ongoing due process hearing expected to run into August 2020. The hearing was moved to September 1, 2020.
- Order Continuing Due Process Hearing and Setting Briefing Schedule for Student's Motion to Recuse Administrative Law JudgeOAH paused a hearing already underway and set briefing on Student's request to recuse the ALJ. Parents had recalled that the same ALJ mediated a prior case between the same parties.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Ordering Student to Comply With Orders to Upload Evidence Into CaselinesOAH denied Student's eve-of-hearing continuance request to obtain education records because Student had months to request them from Fremont, and it ordered Student to upload hearing evidence to CaseLines immediately.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue the hearing. Summer break alone does not make witnesses unavailable, they can be subpoenaed and testify by video, and the case had already been continued several times.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Upland's contested continuance request because these older consolidated cases would take scheduling priority over the conflicting case, and Upland did not show its witness was unavailable on every hearing day.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint continuance request because District counsel's claimed conflict with another expedited hearing was only conjecture, since a pending motion to unexpedite could eliminate it.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint continuance request based on Student's attorney's possible conflict with another case, finding the conflict likely to disappear because that other case was about to be amended or consolidated.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Bellflower's opposed request to push the hearing to August 2020. A direct conflict with another case justified only a short delay, not a delay past summer closure or counsel's busy schedule.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH vacated the hearing dates but refused Chaffey Joint Union's request to push the hearing to July, finding no good cause why the case could not be heard in early June 2020.
- Order Granting in Part Bakersfield City School District's Request for Continuance and Denying Request for in Person HearingOAH rejected Bakersfield's objection to a videoconference hearing during COVID-19. Special education regulations allow video or telephone hearings even over a party's objection. OAH granted only a short continuance.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the districts' request for a COVID-19 continuance because their general concerns about remote witnesses and evidence binders were not good cause, and delay would harm Student's planning for next school year.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Bakersfield City School District's request to continue the consolidated hearing over COVID-19 unavailability, ordering the hearing to proceed by video conference as scheduled.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint request to continue the hearing because the only reason given, that the District had "unavoidable conflicts," was an unsupported blanket statement that did not show good cause.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue the due process hearing because they gave no reason and showed no good cause; all prehearing and hearing dates stay as scheduled.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Chaffey Joint Union's continuance request over Student's opposition because district counsel and witnesses were committed to an earlier-filed hearing on the same dates; the hearing was reset to April 2020.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Long Beach's unopposed request to continue the hearing because nothing showed the school psychologist, who was busy in a civil trial, would be needed in the first week.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Trivium Charter School's first continuance request over Mother's objection, finding good cause because the school's attorney had a conflicting out-of-state hearing. The hearing was reset to February 4, 2020.
- Order Denying Request to Vacate January 17, 2020 Hearing DateOAH refused to cancel the January 17, 2020 hearing day because Parent's work commitments are not good cause and the earlier order had already said the hearing would continue day to day.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's opposed continuance because counsel's family travel was an excusable conflict, but reset the hearing only one week out to February 11-13, 2020, to limit delay.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Dismissal of Harbor Regional Center as a PartyOAH denied Student's continuance request because a pending state compliance complaint, unfinished independent evaluations, and an undocumented health claim are not good cause, and treated Harbor Regional Center as dismissed.
2019
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied Student's second request to continue the hearing in Greenfield's case because Student did not explain why more time was needed and had just told OAH Student did not want new dates.
- Order Denying the Parties Joint Request for a Hearing ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue the consolidated hearing because they gave no reason for it and this would not be the first continuance.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Long Beach a continuance because of a conflicting hearing but refused its request to delay until December, since the district had settled the earlier conflicting case; hearing reset to October 1, 2019.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Due Process HearingOAH granted Oxnard's request to continue the hearing to September 17-19, 2019, because a medical emergency kept the district's trial counsel from working, despite Student's objection to more than two weeks.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's fifth continuance request because Student showed only that the expert witness preferred not to testify on the hearing dates, not that she was truly unavailable.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Placentia-Yorba Linda's opposed request for a short continuance because five key District witnesses were unavailable for most of the scheduled hearing days. The hearing was reset to August 13-15, 2019.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified's opposed request to continue the hearing, finding that attorney and staff vacations and witness conflicts did not show good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Due Process HearingOAH granted Los Angeles's contested request to move the hearing to August 27–29, 2019, because its attorney and several witnesses were unavailable and Student did not claim to be unavailable on the new dates.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted a self-represented Spanish-speaking Parent a first continuance over Upland's objection, finding good cause to let Parent find a bilingual attorney, and reset the hearing to September 2019.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing, finding that pending federal court litigation was a separate matter and did not show good cause for delay.
- Order Granting District's Motion for Continuance of Hearing for Filing of Closing BriefsOAH extended the closing-brief deadline from May 13 to June 10, 2019, over Parent's objection, because the District's only hearing attorney could not finish the brief due to unforeseen, unavoidable circumstances.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Parent's request to continue the hearing about one month over Glendora's opposition, finding good cause based on a serious family medical emergency.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Capistrano's Request for Continuance of the Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Capistrano's opposed continuance because both its chosen attorney and its Executive Director, a key decision maker and witness, were unavailable. Student's subpoena objection became moot.
- Order Denying Updated Request for Continuance and Notice of No ActionOAH denied Lucia Mar's opposed request to continue its own due process hearing. Counsel's failure to plan for an earlier case being continued onto the same dates was not good cause.
- Order Continuing Due Process HearingOAH granted San Marcos a short continuance over Student's objection because its district representative was unavailable during Spring break and the delay amounted to only one day.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing. Student's long-term illness began before Parent agreed to the current dates, and Parent did not show she was unable to attend.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue San Leandro's due process case, finding no good cause and calling Parent's claimed belief that the whole case was withdrawn not credible.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the districts' opposed request to continue the hearing over one attorney's prepaid vacation, because co-counsel of record was heavily involved and the districts never said he was unavailable.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Student's Motion to Continue Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted Student's opposed request for a short continuance because Mother had to care for a hospitalized family member and Student's doctor was finishing an evaluation for hearing.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request for a 45-day continuance to hire bilingual counsel because it was filed late, after the prehearing conference, and Parent never explained why she had not sought counsel earlier.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing because it was really a challenge to the assigned ALJ, which will be decided separately, and any reassignment would keep the February 21, 2019 hearing date.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH continued the hearing about six weeks, to March 19, 2019, but refused Student's request to delay until mid-April because Student gave no declaration or reason for Parent's claimed unavailability.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Request for Continuance of Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Los Angeles's request to continue the hearing over Parent's objection because the teachers' work stoppage made essential witnesses for both sides unavailable. Hearing reset to February 5, 2019.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue dates for mediation because they did not submit the declaration of good cause that an earlier order required.
2018
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's opposed request to continue the hearing. The request was unsigned, and Parent had arranged the hearing dates months earlier, so there was no good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Order Granting ContinuanceOAH granted Long Beach's second continuance request because its counsel had a conflicting higher-priority hearing, and reset the hearing to January 29, 2019, rather than the February date Long Beach sought.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting Motion to Continue, and Setting Hearing and Prehearing ConferenceOAH granted Poway's opposed motion to continue for good cause but reset the hearing to December 11, 2018, well before the post-March 2019 dates Poway's counsel had sought.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Long Beach's request for a 68-day hearing continuance because the district did not show it was unavailable on every date between November 29, 2018 and February 5, 2019.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Fremont's request to continue hearing dates because the district's late hiring of counsel, who had a conflicting hearing elsewhere, did not show good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Parent's request, made on the first day of hearing, to continue a district-filed case so Parent could get a lawyer. Los Angeles had objected that the request was untimely.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Antioch's request for a fourth continuance because the conflicting case was filed two months later and OAH generally gives priority to the earlier-filed case.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Bellflower's opposed motion to continue the hearing to November 2018 because its counsel was set for an earlier-filed, already-continued OAH hearing on the same date.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Antioch's contested continuance because three important district witnesses had prepaid trips, but set the hearing two weeks out to avoid the week Mother was unavailable.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Antioch's unopposed continuance request because no evidence of good cause was offered, and an unexplained email about Student's counsel's conflicts did not justify moving jointly chosen dates.
- Order Denying Student's Request for Continuance; Order Disclosing Student's Ex Parte Communication and Notice of No ActionOAH denied Student's unopposed continuance request without prejudice because the parties had not conferred on new hearing dates, and disclosed Parent's unserved 'Issues of Non-Compliance' document as an ex parte communication.
- Order Changing Location of Due Process Hearing to the Office of Administrative HearingsOAH refused District's request to hold the due process hearing at Student's school and moved it to OAH's Van Nuys office, because Parent showed the school was not reasonably convenient.
- Order Denying Change of VenueOAH denied Student's request to move the hearing from Tehachapi to Van Nuys because the district office is reasonably convenient to the family, and the attorney's travel convenience is not a valid reason.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint stipulation to continue the hearing because they did not identify the unavailable witnesses or give any evidence that pre-paid vacations made them unavailable.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Request for Continuance and Setting New Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH partly granted District's opposed continuance because three key witnesses had out-of-state travel booked before Student filed. It rejected District's September dates and reset hearing to August 14, 2018.
- Order Denying Student's May 3, 2018 Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's second continuance request for lack of good cause and warned Parent that repeatedly filing continuance requests to wear down OAH could lead to monetary sanctions.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's fourth continuance request because the claimed hearing conflict had already been withdrawn and counsel's civil deposition was noticed after the last continuance, with no court-ordered discovery deadline.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part District's Request for a Continuance, and Setting New Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Hayward only a one-week continuance, not the June dates it sought, because Hayward's conflict was a single expedited hearing and no one claimed to be unavailable the week of April 23.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Parents' request to continue the District-filed due process hearing over Riverdale's objection, finding Parents needed reasonable time to find an attorney and the case had been pending only two weeks.
- Order Granting River Springs Charter School's Request for Extension of Time to File Response to Complaint and Motion for Stay PutOAH gave Charter School until April 6, 2018, to respond to Student's complaint and stay put motion, over Student's objection, because it was unclear whether Charter School received a correct, complete copy.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied Parent's continuance request without prejudice. It was inclined to grant a delay after Student's attorney withdrew, but Parent proposed no specific dates and did not confer with District first.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Santa Rosa's request for a five-week continuance because spring break alone is not good cause and many witnesses were available the week of the April 3, 2018 hearing.
- Order Partially Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH gave District only a two-week continuance instead of the two months it sought, finding counsel's conflicting hearing justified a short delay but not a longer one over Student's opposition.
- Order Granting in Part Etiwanda School District's Motion to ContinueOAH granted in part District's opposed request for a short continuance because its lead attorney had a conflicting, earlier-filed hearing, but reset the hearing to February 20, 2018 instead of District's requested week.
2017
- Order Granting District's Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted District a short second continuance over Student's opposition because a critical District witness was unavailable, but rejected District's wish to mediate as good cause and declined to delay the hearing until June 2018.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Antioch's request to push the December 28 hearing to mid-February 2018. Winter break and counsel's busy calendar are not good cause, and the case had been pending six months.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of HearingOAH granted District a one-week continuance to November 13, 2017, because District's attorney was badly hurt in an accident, and rejected Student's counsel's undocumented claim that she was unavailable until January 2018.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance, Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted District's first continuance over Parent's objection because District's attorney, deeply involved in Student's prior case and settlement, had nonrefundable travel during the scheduled hearing.
- Denying in Part and Granting in Part Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing DatesOAH refused Student's request to push the hearing to November 21, 2017, vacating only the October 31 date because both attorneys were available in early November.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue the hearing to await a new autism assessment report, because Parent knew of the diagnosis for weeks but waited until four business days before hearing to ask.
- Order Denying District's Request for Continuance of Status ConferenceOAH denied District's request to continue a status conference. District had not conferred with Student's counsel on a new date, and its other attorneys had no stated conflicts.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue the hearing after her computer was stolen. She had over a month to recover, the case had been continued several times, and the IEP covers the current school year.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's second request to continue the hearing. The advocate filed it the day before hearing, gave no explanation for the delay, and attached no declarations showing good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing Dates; Representation of FatherOAH granted Student's continuance and set a bifurcated jurisdiction hearing on written briefs. It treated Father as represented by his law firm's attorney and declined to require service by fax or email.
- Order Denying Renewed Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's renewed request to continue a twice-continued hearing because her revised medical notes never explained why leg pain kept her from attending a two-day hearing.
- Order Denying Motion to Advance Hearing DatesOAH denied Student's motion to advance the hearing timeline because both sides' evidence showed District held a resolution session within 15 days of receiving Student's complaint.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's last-minute continuance request based on Parent's medical treatment. Parent's documents were only consent forms, not a medical statement that she could not join the hearing by telephone.
- Order Vacating July 19, 2017 Hearing Date and Confirming July 20, 2017 Hearing DateOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing but vacated only the first day, July 19, because the doctor's note showed a Parent's appointment that day and not unavailability on July 20.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance; Setting New Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted District's opposed first continuance to September 5, 2017, finding counsel's conflicting OAH hearing was good cause, while Student offered too few summer dates to schedule an earlier hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted the District's motion to continue because Student's attorney had lost her office and was unavailable, and warned her that further missed filings or appearances could lead to cost-shifting.
- Order Denying Request to Change Location of Due Process HearingOAH denied District's request to move the due process hearing from District's offices to West End SELPA's offices because District gave no reason and Student opposed the change.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Prehearing ConferenceOAH denied Student's last-minute request to continue the next day's prehearing conference. The letter lacked the proper form, opposing counsel's agreement, and an explanation, and the firm had other attorneys available.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Continuing Dates; and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH continued the prehearing conference and hearing over Oakland's objection so a newly assigned ALJ could fully consider Student's pending motion to dismiss or continue and to compel production of records.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Continuing Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing, and Setting New Mediation DateOAH granted San Juan's motion to continue the hearing because interpreter problems had prevented mediation, and warned Student's attorney that further missed appearances could lead to sanctions or dismissal.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Continuing the Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted Parent's request for a short continuance over District's objection because Student's non-attorney advocate abandoned the family and Parents were never served District's prehearing materials.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied without prejudice the parties' joint second continuance request because it lacked a declaration from Student's attorney showing when the conflicting federal court hearing and mediation were scheduled.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's eve-of-hearing continuance request based on a mandatory religious conference, finding it not credible that such a meeting would be organized on such short notice.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Denying Request to Change VenueOAH denied Student's requests to continue the hearing and move it to Ohlone College. The expert's unavailability did not justify delaying Fremont's case, and Fremont's offices were reasonably convenient to the family.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's second continuance request because Student offered no proof that a federal lawsuit challenging OAH's jurisdiction had been filed or served, or that a federal court had stayed the hearing.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing, finding no good cause because counsel could still confer with the expert and Student named no evidence that would be missing.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH continued Fremont's assessment case to late April because district counsel was unavailable, but rejected Student's request for June or July dates for lack of good cause.
- Order Granting in Part Request for Continuance and Setting Status ConferenceOAH vacated the final hearing day because Carlsbad's counsel became suddenly ill. It rejected the district's proposed date nearly two weeks later because a hearing already underway takes priority.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint continuance request because it gave no reason, attached no declarations, and did not comply with the prehearing conference order's good-cause declaration requirement.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue District's case. The attorney's conflicting hearing had already been continued, and District had not agreed to the voluntary mediation Student wanted.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's third continuance request. Five months had passed since the last continuance, which was granted to obtain conservatorship, and Parent gave no proof a conservatorship request was ever filed.
- Order Granting Newport-Mesa Unified School District's Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing DatesOAH granted District a short continuance because its witnesses were tied up in another hearing. It refused to delay until late March and reset Student's older case for February 14–16, 2017.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing DatesOAH granted District's contested request for a brief continuance because its counsel had a conflicting hearing, finding a two-day delay would not prejudice Student or her family.
- Order Denying San Dieguito Union High School District's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's opposed continuance request because District itself agreed to start two hearings on the same date and had different attorneys for each, so no good cause existed.
2016
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing. Student did not meet and confer with District about new dates, and hiring new counsel alone was not good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's continuance because Student's counsel was in another hearing, but set the hearing for December 13–15, 2016, District's dates, because District's witnesses, including its psychologist, were unavailable.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's day-before-hearing request for a continuance because the declarations did not support attorney, expert, or witness unavailability or show that Parent's illness prevented her from testifying.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Changing Hearing LocationOAH denied Elk Grove's opposed continuance request and moved the hearing to OAH's Sacramento office. Student would not call the unavailable witnesses, OAH could host the hearing, and Elk Grove had cancelled mediation.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted San Jose's second continuance request over Student's opposition because District counsel was in another OAH hearing. The hearing was reset to November 15, 2016.
- Order Denying as Moot Student's Motion to Begin Due Process Timeline; Order Denying District's Implied Request to Extend TimelineOAH denied Student's motion to start the hearing timeline as moot and refused District's bid to delay the hearing for a late resolution session, because District never scheduled one within 15 days.
- Order Denying Request to Advance Hearing DatesOAH denied Travis's request to move the consolidated hearing three weeks earlier. Travis had stipulated to the current dates, cited no authority for withdrawing from that stipulation, and Student was entitled to rely on it.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's request to continue the hearing, finding that counsel's overbooking, a district representative's training and interviews, and a witness's vacation were not good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Temecula Valley's request to continue the hearing over Student's opposition, based on the district attorney's unavailability, and reset the hearing for September 14, 2016.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's opposed continuance so Parent could obtain a privately funded independent psychoeducational evaluation, finding good cause despite the case pending since April 2016.
- Order Granting Request to Continue Due Process Hearing for One DayOAH granted Mountain View a one-day hearing continuance over Student's objection because Student missed the five-business-day evidence disclosure deadline. OAH declined to exclude Student's evidence because the late disclosure was unintentional.
- Order Denying District's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's first request for a 30-day continuance because one attorney's busy trial calendar did not show that every attorney at District's law firm was unavailable.
- Order Denying Motion to Advance Hearing DatesOAH denied Student's motion to start the hearing timeline early. Bonsall missed the 15-day resolution session deadline, but offered a session within the 30-day period, so Student showed no prejudice.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to move the hearing to October because they gave no good cause, and District never explained its eve-of-hearing claim that a witness was unavailable.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing because counsel's depositions and court conflicts did not show good cause, and the dates were jointly requested and confirmed at the prehearing conference.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Order to Show Cause HearingOAH denied Student's representative a further continuance of an order to show cause hearing on cost-shifting or contempt over an ex parte communication. He showed no legal authority, no effort to hire counsel, and no actual date conflict.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Sacramento City's opposed request to push the hearing past summer, finding summer break, counsel's vacation, and vague witness conflicts were not good cause, especially since witnesses could testify by phone.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's eve-of-hearing continuance request because the unsigned declaration and questionable doctor's note did not show good cause, and the request fit a pattern of delay.
- Order Denying Request for Telephonic Status ConferenceOAH denied Student's request for a telephonic status conference after Grandmother could not testify because of Student's hospitalization. The hearing will resume as scheduled, and Student must document the hospitalization.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Student's Motion to Change Hearing LocationOAH moved the hearing out of Tehachapi to Bakersfield, not Van Nuys, because Student's attorney showed a colorable safety threat in Tehachapi but not across all of Kern County.
- Order Denying Student's Request to Change Hearing LocationOAH denied, without prejudice, Student's counsel's request to move the hearing out of Tehachapi and Kern County because her safety concerns were not supported by a declaration or affidavit.
- Order Denying Student's Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied Student's opposed continuance request without prejudice: counsel's later-scheduled hearing conflict was not good cause, and the expert's illness was, but Student gave no timeline for the expert's availability.
- Order Granting District's Motion for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH granted District's renewed request to continue the hearing to May 31, 2016, finding good cause because District's trial counsel was on medical leave and Student showed no prejudice.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue the due process hearing, finding that wanting more time for settlement talks after mediation is not good cause by itself.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Granting Continuance of Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted District's opposed continuance because its trial counsel went on medical leave and no other firm attorney was available, finding no prejudice since the decision would likely issue during summer break anyway.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance of Hearing on February 22, 2016OAH denied Student's fourth continuance request, which asked to skip the first hearing day for counsel's federal court appearance. Student gave no explanation of when that conflict arose or why it was not disclosed earlier.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request for Continuance; and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Sacramento City's opposed continuance because its attorney had a family medical emergency, but refused the requested delay to late March because the case had already been continued once at the District's request.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Tustin Unified's opposed request for a brief continuance because its attorney had prior court and hearing commitments, and noted that Student had caused the earlier delays.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Oakland's opposed request to continue the hearing because its attorney did not show she was unavailable, and a delay would undo an earlier order moving the hearing dates up.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Granting District's Motion to Continue Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH continued District's IEE-defense hearing to March 2016 but refused District's request for May 2016, finding that a long delay would undercut timely resolution of Student's independent evaluation requests.
2015
- Order Granting Request to Advance Due Process TimelineOAH advanced the due process timeline over District's opposition because Parent's emails showed the parties waived the resolution session in writing as of December 29, 2015, starting the 45-day clock.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH moved the prehearing conference because of the holiday break but refused to delay the hearing, finding District's morning federal court appearance did not prevent an afternoon start and witness unavailability was unsupported.
- Order Granting Request for Extension of Time to Meet and ConferOAH gave Student two more days to meet and confer with District about scheduling witnesses, over District's opposition, because Student's attorney had an unforeseen conflict with another OAH case.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted Sacramento City a shorter continuance than requested over Student's objection: counsel's vacation and a witness's unavailability were good cause, but vague claims about counsel's other cases were not.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference, and Hearing DatesOAH granted Parlier's opposed request for a short continuance because its representative, who is also a witness, was unavailable, and reset the hearing to February 2, 2016.
- Order Denying Student's Request for Specific Hearing Dates and District's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to add December 14 and 15, 2015 hearing dates and denied District's continuance request, finding neither side showed good cause; the December 17, 2015 hearing date stands.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted District's opposed continuance because its counsel was unavailable, finding the long history of the parties' dispute irrelevant, and reset the hearing to February 23, 2016.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted District's first continuance request over Student's objection, finding good cause in defense counsel's prepaid Thanksgiving travel, and reset the hearing to early January.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's opposed continuance request because its SELPA representative's conflicting hearing was not good cause; District can send a different representative to the hearing.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference; Granting Request for Continuance; Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's request to continue the due process hearing, over District's opposition, so Student could try to get an attorney. The hearing was reset to February 2016.
- Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Student's Motion to Set Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH set the prehearing conference for November 30, 2015, and the hearing for December 8, 2015, because Student and District could not agree on dates for the remaining issues.
- Order Granting in Part Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted in part District's continuance request, moving the October 27 hearing because District's counsel was unavailable but refusing to delay until January 2016 because District's special education director would be on maternity leave.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint second request for a 90-day continuance. District's amended complaint did not reset the consolidated timeline, and the parties had already had ample time to mediate.
- Order Granting District's Motion to Go Dark on October 21, 22, and 28, 2015, and Setting Additional Hearing DatesOAH granted District's request, over Student's opposition, to skip three hearing days and add others, finding good cause in prior conference commitments of District's attorney and special education director.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's unopposed continuance request because a new IEP held after the complaint was filed is not at issue, and delay just to serve related documents is not good cause.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance and Confirming Prehearing Conference and Due Process Hearing DatesOAH denied District's opposed request for a one-week continuance because its counsel's possible conflict with one day of federal oral argument did not justify delaying the start of the hearing.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Additional Due Process Hearing DatesOAH vacated three hearing dates that conflicted with Student's attorney's other hearing, over Brentwood's opposition, but reset the case on Brentwood's proposed dates even though two of them conflicted with another of counsel's hearings.
- Order Denying Motion to ContinueOAH denied Charter School's request to delay the hearing 60 days over summer witness burdens because it gave no sworn declaration or other evidence that witnesses were unavailable.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request for a second three-month continuance. The parties let OAH pick the first continued dates without listing conflicts, and they showed no new, unanticipated reason for more delay.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted San Mateo-Foster City's request to continue the hearing over Student's opposition, citing witness and attorney unavailability, and reset the hearing to August 24, 2015.
- Order Partially Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH granted Cabrillo only a short continuance for its attorney's overseas travel. It refused the requested delay to August 18, 2015, because witness vacation conflicts could be worked around in scheduling.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied District's opposed request to continue the hearing because of summer recess, ruling that the IDEA does not pause due process during school breaks and District offered no proof that witnesses were unavailable.
- Order Partially Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH partially granted Student's unopposed continuance request but refused to move the hearing to September, finding vague claims of witness vacations were not good cause after five prior settings.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Hearing DatesOAH partially granted a joint continuance, moving the hearing to August 25, 2015, based on Antioch's witness and attorney unavailability, but found no good cause in Student's attorney's claimed hearing conflict.
- Order Denying Student's Request to End the Due Process Hearing and Granting District's Request to Continue the Due Process Hearing to June 16, 2015OAH refused to end the hearing when Parents objected that it was unfair and walked out. It continued the hearing to June 16, 2015, because two essential District witnesses were unavailable.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing DatesOAH granted San Mateo's request to continue the due process hearing over Student's opposition because the district's representative and her daughter faced serious medical issues; hearing reset to July 21, 2015.
- Order Denying Joint Second Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint second continuance request because failing to settle at mediation is not good cause, especially after a prior continuance had already pushed the hearing to July 2015.
- Order Partially Granting Request for Continuance by Setting July 9, 2015 as Additional Hearing DateOAH partially granted Student's opposed request to continue the hearing. The hearing still starts June 9, 2015, but reconvenes July 9, 2015, for two essential Student witnesses who are unavailable earlier.
- Order Denying Request to Reschedule Start Date for Due Process HearingOAH denied District's request to move the hearing start date over one attorney's planned trip, because District never raised the conflict when it could have and has other attorneys available.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting New Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's opposed request for a short continuance because a scheduled medical procedure conflicted with the hearing, but held that Student's search for an attorney was not good cause.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference, Continuing Prehearing Conference and HearingOAH refused District's request to push the hearing to September 2015 but granted a short continuance to June 2015 because District had retained new counsel, warning that no further continuances would be granted.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's renewed request to push the hearing to September 2015 because a late change of District attorneys and new counsel's conflicts were not good cause.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's request to push the hearing to September 2015. A late change of District's attorney was not good cause in a case already filed in October 2014 and continued twice.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing. It was inclined to give Parent time to review a Spanish translation of District's complaint, but the parties had not conferred on new hearing dates.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance Trial Setting ConferenceOAH denied the parties' joint request to vacate hearing dates and set a trial setting conference, because such conferences are set only in unusual cases and District did not show this case was unusual.
- Order Continuing Dates for Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH continued the prehearing conference and hearing because Mother missed the March 9 conference and did not get timely translated notice, and ordered her to show cause why the case should not be dismissed.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request to continue the hearing. Counsel's two expedited hearings could be worked around during the March 5 hearing, and the case had already been pending over four months.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the prehearing conference and hearing dates without prejudice because the request was never served on Castro Valley.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the districts' opposed request to continue the hearing. The districts cited a pending motion to dismiss and a wish to mediate, but Student opposed and the case already had several continuances.
2014
- Order Granting Joint Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process DatesOAH granted Student and Los Angeles's joint continuance request over Simi Valley's objection, finding good cause because Student's educational rights holder was unavailable on the original January 15, 2015 hearing date.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a request, filed the day before hearing, to continue the District's due process hearing. The filer had never documented his authority to represent Student, and the District opposed the delay.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's continuance over the District's opposition because Student's newly retained counsel was committed to another hearing whose dates depended on a specialized interpreter's availability.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's opposed request to move two hearing days because Student's lead counsel had another OAH hearing set on those dates after the prehearing conference.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's opposed continuance because OAH had set the dates without consulting the parties and Student needed time to complete an Independent Educational Evaluation; hearing reset to January 2015.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue the hearing for a medical condition because Parent gave no medical documentation, such as a note from a medical professional, showing she could not participate.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing. None of the grounds showed good cause: objecting to being named as a party, a moot peremptory challenge, or a pending appeal of an ADA accommodation decision.
- Order Denying Student's Request to Change Start Time of HearingOAH denied Student's unopposed request to move the hearing start time earlier for a witness. Student had known the agreed schedule for months, raised no concern at the prehearing conference, and gave no reason for the witness's unavailability.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Oakland's renewed continuance request as premature because the other hearing its counsel cited had not started and might not run into this case's September 9, 2014 hearing date.
- Order Following Pre-Hearing Conference and Continuing Pre-Hearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Parent's request to continue District's due process hearing over District's opposition, finding good cause because Parent was looking for a lawyer, and reset the hearing to October 20, 2014.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a second joint continuance request. The case had been pending since September 2013, and the parties waited about two months after receiving the hearing dates to raise the district counsel's later-arising scheduling conflict.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied the parties' joint request to continue the hearing. Observing Student for settlement talks was not needed for hearing, witnesses were only 'difficult to confirm,' and the case had been pending ten months.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing DatesOAH granted Fresno's third continuance of the remedies hearing over Student's opposition because Fresno's attorney is recovering from surgery, resetting hearing to August 14, 2014, and barring further continuances.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's opposed request for a 60-day continuance because a conflict with a sibling's hearing and a wish to attend mediation did not show good cause for that long a delay.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted District's opposed continuance to September 2014. Student's amended complaint had pushed the hearing to July, when many relevant District witnesses were unavailable, and Student showed insufficient prejudice.
- Order Granting Student's Request to Increase Page Limit for Opening Closing Briefs; Denying Request to Increase Page Limit for Reply Briefs; Order Modifying Due Dates for Opening and Reply BriefsOAH raised the opening closing-brief page limit from 30 to 45 pages because of the case's complex issues, but kept reply briefs at 20 pages because replies should only clarify, not add argument.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's second request to continue the District's due process hearing. Parent had already received a two-month extension for largely the same reasons, so there was no good cause.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Oakland's contested request to continue the hearing to September 2014 because a key district witness was unavailable, a showing supported by her sworn declaration.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Further Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's continuance over Ross Valley's opposition because Student's mother's health problems would keep her from taking part in or testifying at the hearing, and she has a right to participate.
- Order Denying District's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's opposed continuance request because two claimed conflicts fell on Fridays, when no hearing was set, and the other conflicts were not shown to take up full days.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request for a second continuance to find an attorney, finding Parent had already had enough time after earlier delays and showed no good cause.
- Order Denying Motion to Change Due Process Hearing VenueOAH denied Student's request to move the hearing from District's office to OAH's Sacramento office, because wanting a neutral setting is not a legal basis for changing venue.
- Order Granting Student's Motion to Change Mediation Date and Denying Student's Motion to Change Location of MediationOAH moved the mediation up one day by agreement but refused Student's request to move it out of the District office, finding that office reasonably convenient to the parties, who live nearby.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Paso's contested request to continue the hearing over spring break, finding the IDEA does not pause due process hearings for school vacations and Paso did not prove witnesses' trips were booked before filing.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied District's opposed request for a one-month continuance. Its staff conflicts, a mediation that did not happen, and Student's earlier withdrawn complaints were not good cause, and delay would prejudice Student.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing because the motion was late, was not backed by competent evidence, and Student had over four months to prepare.
- Order Denying Student's Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's first-day-of-hearing request to continue because Parent had months of notice, the medical note was vague, and discovery and merits-based dismissal motions are not available before due process hearings.
- Order Granting Request to Continue HearingOAH granted Student's mid-hearing request, over Los Gatos's objection, to continue the hearing so Parents could gather documents proving expenses for reimbursement, finding a merits-based resolution served justice.
- Order Denying Request for Continuance, Without PrejudiceOAH denied Student's opposed request for a 90-day continuance to accommodate newly retained counsel, finding no good cause, but signaled it would grant a continuance of up to 30 days.
- Notice and Order Granting Parent's Motion for Continuance; Protective Order Sealing Confidential RecordsOAH granted Parent's continuance as a disability accommodation, reset the hearing to March 10, 2014, and sealed records containing Parent's medical information.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's opposed request for a short continuance. An attorney's earlier general consultation on special education issues does not prove they were retained for litigation, and District showed no prejudice.
2013
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Hearing and Prehearing Conference DatesOAH granted District's first continuance to February 25–27, 2014, over Student's objection to a delay that long, because District staff were on winter break and District counsel had other hearing commitments.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to reset timelines and postpone mediation until after an expedited ruling, finding no good cause and keeping all prehearing conference and hearing dates as calendared.
- Order Denying Motion to Reset Timelines and Granting Motion to ContinueOAH refused to reset timelines because the resolution session was timely held. Over Parent's objection, it granted the District a 15-day continuance because Parent never served the complaint and the winter break cut into preparation time.
- Order Denying District's Motion to Change Hearing LocationOAH denied San Leandro's request to move the hearing to its offices. The IDEA does not require hearings to be set for a district's convenience, and Oakland is reasonably convenient for Student and parents.
- Order Following Status Conference Extending Time for Issuance of DecisionOAH extended the decision deadline to December 9, 2013, over Student's objection, keeping the case with the hearing ALJ after a death in her immediate family left her unable to meet the deadline.
- Order Denying Third Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a third joint continuance request because District's bare claim of being "unavailable" due to another hearing was not good cause, and any conflict was of District's own making.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted the District's request, over Parent's opposition, to continue the initially scheduled hearing because its witnesses were unavailable, resetting the hearing to January 21, 2014.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted the Probation Department's brief continuance over Student's objection. Preparing for hearing would be wasted cost if OAH later finds the department is not a responsible public agency.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's day-before-hearing continuance request because wanting to amend a complaint in a separate case is not good cause, and the District is entitled to a speedy hearing on its own case.
- Order Denying Motion for a Continuance, Without PrejudiceOAH denied CCCOE's continuance request without prejudice because counsel's claimed conflict, a child's medical appointment, was not supported by a sworn declaration explaining when it was scheduled and why the request came late.
- Order Denying Motion for a Continuance, Without PrejudiceOAH denied CCCOE's continuance request without prejudice because counsel's claimed conflict, a child's medical appointment, was not backed by a sworn declaration explaining when it was scheduled and why the request came late.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied CCCOE's request to continue the hearing without prejudice because counsel's claimed unavailability for her child's medical appointment was not supported by a declaration under penalty of perjury.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance of Hearing and Setting MediationOAH granted Student a mid-hearing continuance because District produced a 16-page psychoeducational report on the first day of hearing that was missing from its records production, but denied Student's request for a District-funded IEE.
- Order Denying Request to Advance Due Process Hearing DatesOAH denied Student's request to move up the mediation and hearing dates because District never jointly waived the resolution session or signed a written request to advance the dates.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's last-minute continuance request. Missing evidence deadlines, a one-sided wish to mediate, and a vague wish to hire a lawyer five months into the case were not good cause.
- Amended Order Continuing Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's mid-hearing continuance over District's objection so Student's Juvenile Court records could be properly obtained under Welfare and Institutions Code section 827 for the statute-of-limitations phase.
- Order Continuing Due Process HearingOAH granted Student's mid-hearing request for a continuance, over District's objection, so Student's Juvenile Court records could be obtained properly under Welfare and Institutions Code section 827.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference and Partially Granting Continuance of Due Process HearingOAH granted Student only a brief continuance over District's opposition. Newly retained counsel needed time to prepare, which slightly outweighed District's prejudice. Hearing reset to September 10, 2013.
- Order Granting Student's Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference, and Hearing DatesOAH granted Student's second continuance request after Parent's car accident, but only to District's proposed dates, because a vague doctor's letter did not support Student's longer delay.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue the hearing to find a new attorney. The case had already been continued at length, and Parent had about a month since Student's attorney withdrew.
- Order Granting Request for ContinuanceOAH granted Student's first continuance request over the District's presumed opposition, finding good cause because Student's attorney had only recently received District documents, including documents about the independent educational evaluation.
- Order Granting Request to Change Time of HearingOAH granted the District's request to move the August 13, 2013 hearing start time from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. over Student's opposition, after the District said a full hearing day was unnecessary.
- Order Following Prehearing Conference Granting Student's Request for a Continuance and Setting New DatesOAH granted Student a second continuance over District's objection because Father's military-related job kept him from helping counsel prepare, but rejected the IEE ground and warned against further continuances.
- Order Granting District's Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation/PHC/HearingOAH granted the District's shorter continuance instead of Mother's four-month request because Mother's medical records showed only minor injuries and the shorter delay gave enough time to find counsel.
- Order Denying Request for Further ContinuanceOAH denied District's request to vacate the August 13 hearing date and hold the record open indefinitely, finding District waited 20 days without explanation to seek a Superior Court order compelling a witness.
- Order Re District's Request for an Additional Hearing Date, and Confirming VenueOAH rejected the District's attempt to move the hearing location two business days before hearing, holding that only OAH can change venue, and sealed settlement communications Student had filed.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's day-before-hearing continuance request because Parent gave no proof of a family member's illness and no reason why the other parent could not attend the hearing.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Mediation, Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted a joint continuance because Parents need to attend the hearing and the parties want mediation, but warned both sides that repeating a false claim about mediator unavailability could bring sanctions.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting New DatesOAH granted Parents' continuance but set hearing for August 12, 2013, not October, because Parent's unsworn claim of military call-up did not justify a lengthy delay.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's day-before-hearing request to continue because Student's medical emails did not show that Parents needed to stay home to monitor Student's seizures.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Student's request to continue the hearing to obtain a Certified Deaf Interpreter for Parent. The case already had two continuances, and Student did not adequately describe Parent's impairment or need for the accommodation.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing Conference and Due Process HearingOAH granted only a short continuance, not Student's requested three-month delay, because the District has a right to a speedy resolution and placement should be decided before the next school year.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied a joint request to continue consolidated cases for global settlement talks because the planned mediation was not an IDEA mediation, no court had stayed OAH, and a September date was too long.
- Order Denying Student's Request for Continuance Without PrejudiceOAH denied Student's request to push the District-filed hearing to late June or July because Student did not prove counsel was unavailable, and one expert's short testimony could be handled other ways.
- Order Denying District's Motion to Continue HearingOAH denied District's eve-of-hearing request to continue because its expert witness fell ill. District's case had been pending since October 2012, but District may call the expert later once she recovers.
- Order Granting in Part Request for Continuance and Setting Prehearing and Hearing DatesOAH granted Student a one-week continuance because the case is complex, Student had no lawyer, and consolidation was recent, but refused the requested delay to May as based on speculation.
- Order Denying Second Request for ContinuanceOAH denied COE's second continuance request because COE's own failure to get the required juvenile court order caused it not to receive the subpoenaed records.
- Order Denying Joint Request for Change of VenueOAH denied a joint request to move the hearing from Van Nuys to Los Angeles because no good cause was shown and the District's witness convenience is not a basis for changing venue.
- Final Order Granting Continuance and Setting New Due Process Hearing and Prehearing Conference DatesOAH granted a continuance because District served Parent with a stay-away directive days before a hearing set at a District facility. OAH ordered District to exempt Parent and granted a neutral hearing site.
- Order Denying Request for ContinuanceOAH denied Parent's request to continue the due process hearing because her doctor's note was vague and only limited her participation until January 15, 2013, eight days before the hearing.
- Order Granting Request for Continuance and Setting New Due Process Hearing DatesOAH granted District's first continuance, moving the hearing to March 12, 2013, because District had an earlier-set hearing in another case and several other OAH hearings scheduled in February.