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Litigation

Mar. 1, 2007

Parents Reach Supreme Court in Bid to Fight Child's Special Ed Case Pro Se

WASHINGTON - When cash-strapped Ohio parents Jeff and Sandee Winkelman objected to the special-education program a school district proposed for their autistic son, they wanted to sue in federal court - without a lawyer.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - When cash-strapped Ohio parents Jeff and Sandee Winkelman objected to the special-education program a school district proposed for their autistic son, they wanted to sue in federal court - without a lawyer.
      The Winkelmans' quest to represent their child pro se landed at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, as a Los Angeles attorney, ...

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