Price v. District of Columbia, No. 14-7133 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAfter prevailing in their administrative proceedings, appellants sought from DCPS payment for attorney fees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1415(i)(3)(B), fee-shifting provision at the rate of $250 per hour. The district court rejected the claim to more than $90 per hour - the statutory rate in the D.C. Criminal Justice Act, D.C. Code 11-2604(a) - and held that the promise of payment in the court appointments foreclosed any greater recovery. The court agreed with appellants that nothing in the orders appointing counsel can preempt IDEA fee shifting, and that the fallback compensation offered by the D.C. Courts is not a proper factor in determining the hourly rate for statutory fee shifting. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded with instructions.
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