Y. Q., et al v. Chichester School District
| Y. C. Q., a minor, individually, by and through Educational Decision Maker Renee Platz and RENEE PLATZ, Individually |
| CHICHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT |
| COUNCIL OF PARENT ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES, DISABILITY RIGHTS PENNSYLVANIA, NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK, PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER, JUVENILE LAW CENTER, ARC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH and KIDSVOICE |
| 25-2788 |
| September 16, 2025 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit |
| Education |
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| Y. Q. v. Chichester School District |
| Y. Q. v. Chichester School District |
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| Filing 43 SUBMITTED on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Panel: SHWARTZ, CHUNG, AMBRO, Circuit Judges. (KY) [Entered: 01/15/2026 09:04 AM] |
| Filing 42 COURT MINUTES OF ARGUED/SUBMITTED CASES. [24-1452, 24-3206, 24-3367, 25-1914, 25-2788] (KY) [Entered: 01/15/2026 08:35 AM] |
| Filing 41 Submit Notification for Thursday, 01/15/2026--[Entry error- year corrected "2026" Edited 01/15/2026 by KY]. (AR) [Entered: 12/23/2025 03:42 PM] |
| Filing 40 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. - Reply Brief. Copies: 7. (SJB) [Entered: 12/23/2025 01:36 PM] |
| Filing 39 ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC REPLY BRIEF on behalf of Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. Certificate of Service dated 12/22/2025 by ECF, Email. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 12/22/2025 01:35 PM] |
| Filing 38 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Rebecca Preuss on behalf of Appellant(s) Y.C.Q., Renee Platz. [25-2788] (RP) [Entered: 12/18/2025 03:27 PM] |
| Filing 37 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Appellee Chichester School District - Brief. Copies: 7. (JD) [Entered: 12/08/2025 12:32 PM] |
| Filing 36 ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC BRIEF on behalf of Appellee Chichester School District. Certificate of Service dated 12/05/2025 by ECF. [25-2788] (GCS) [Entered: 12/05/2025 02:37 PM] |
| Filing 35 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Linell Lukesh, Esquire on behalf of Appellee(s) Chichester School District. [25-2788] (LML) [Entered: 12/03/2025 10:26 AM] |
| Filing 34 ECF FILER: ARGUMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT filed by Attorney Margaret M. Wakelin, Esq. for Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. Certificate of Service dated 12/01/2025. Service made by ECF, Email. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 12/01/2025 04:14 PM] |
| Filing 33 ECF FILER: ARGUMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT filed by Attorney Gabrielle C. Sereni, Esq. for Appellee Chichester School District. Certificate of Service dated 12/01/2025. Service made by Email. [25-2788] (GCS) [Entered: 12/01/2025 03:42 PM] |
| Filing 32 Calendared for Thursday, 01/15/2026. Calendar Clerk: KY. (KY) [Entered: 11/24/2025 10:41 AM] |
| Filing 31 RECORD available on District Court CM/ECF. (SB) [Entered: 11/10/2025 03:15 PM] |
| Filing 30 COMPLIANCE RECEIVED. Corrected hard copies of brief/appendix volume I and Appendix Volume II received from Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. Received on 11/06/2025. (EAF) [Entered: 11/10/2025 12:25 PM] |
| Filing 29 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Amicus Appellants Arc of Greater Pittsburgh, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center, KidsVoice, National Disability Rights Network and Public Interest Law Center - CORRECTED Amicus Brief. Copies: 7.--[Edited 11/10/2025 by CRG] (SJB) [Entered: 11/10/2025 11:13 AM] |
| Filing 28 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Amicus Appellants Arc of Greater Pittsburgh, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center, KidsVoice, National Disability Rights Network and Public Interest Law Center - Amicus Brief. Copies: 7. (KEL) [Entered: 11/07/2025 02:19 PM] |
| Filing 27 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. - Joint Appendix. Copies: 4. Volumes: 2 (Volume I attached to Brief). Received on 11/06/2025. (MCW) [Entered: 11/07/2025 02:15 PM] |
| Filing 25 ECF FILER: CORRECTED ELECTRONIC AMICUS BRIEF on the merits on behalf of COUNCIL OF PARENT ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES, THE ARC OF GREATER PITTSBURGH, DISABILITY RIGHTS PENNSYLVANIA, JUVENILE LAW CENTER, THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER, KIDSVOICE AND THE NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS NETWORK in support of Appellant/Petitioner. Certificate of Service dated 11/07/2025 by ECF. F.R.A.P. 29(a) Permission: YES. [25-2788] (SAA) [Entered: 11/07/2025 09:38 AM] |
| Filing 26 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. - Brief with Volume 1 of Joint Appendix attached. Copies: 7. (KEL) [Entered: 11/07/2025 10:10 AM] |
| Filing 24 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Catherine Merino Reisman on behalf of Amicus Curiae Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Arc of Greater Pittsburgh, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center, KidsVoice, Public Interest Law Center, National Disability Rights Network. [25-2788] (CMR) [Entered: 11/06/2025 05:06 PM] |
| Filing 23 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Selene Almazan-Altobelli on behalf of Amicus Curiae Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, The ARC of Greater Pittsburgh, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center, The Public Interest Law Center, KidsVoice and The National Disability Rights Network. [25-2788] (SAA) [Entered: 11/06/2025 02:47 PM] |
| Filing 22 ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC AMICUS BRIEF on the merits on behalf of Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, The ARC of Greater Pittsburgh, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center, The Public Interest Law Center, KidsVoice and The National Disability Rights Network in support of Appellant/Petitioner. Certificate of Service dated 11/06/2025 by ECF. F.R.A.P. 29(a) Permission: YES. [25-2788][Attachment removed by Clerk; Corrected Amicus Brief filed on 11/07/2025]--[Edited 11/07/2025 by MCW] (SAA) [Entered: 11/06/2025 02:46 PM] |
| Filing 21 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. - Joint Appendix. Copies: 4. Volumes: 2 (Volume I attached to Brief). Received on 11/04/2025. [NONCOMPLIANT] (EAF) [Entered: 11/05/2025 12:12 PM] |
| Filing 20 TEXT ORDER (Clerk) directing Attorney Maura I. McInerney, Esq. for Appellants Y. C. Q. and Renee Platz to submit 7 hard copies properly bound in blue front and back covers for the Appellant's Brief/Appendix Volume I and 4 hard copies in white front and back covers filed on 10/30/25. NOTE: Binders are NOT permitted; Velo or spiral binding acceptable. Due on or before 11/10/2025. (EAF) [Entered: 11/05/2025 12:08 PM] |
| Filing 19 HARD COPY RECEIVED from Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. - Brief with Volume I of Appendix attached. Copies: 7. --[Edited 11/05/2025 by EAF - NONCOMPLIANT] (SJB) [Entered: 11/04/2025 04:07 PM] |
| Filing 18 ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC JOINT APPENDIX on behalf of Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. Certificate of service dated 10/30/2025 by US mail, ECF, Email. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 10/30/2025 04:30 PM] |
| Filing 17 ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC BRIEF with Volume I of Appendix attached on behalf of Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. Certificate of Service dated 10/30/2025 by US mail, ECF, Email. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 10/30/2025 04:27 PM] |
| Filing 16 NOTICE Pursuant to 3d Cir. L.A.R. 26.1, a document is timely filed if received by 5:00 p.m. ET on the last day for filing unless the Court sets a different time, the document has been submitted by an inmate pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 25(a)(2)(A)(iii), or otherwise specified in L.A.R. 26.1 (ARR) [Entered: 10/09/2025 05:14 PM] |
Filing 15
ORDER (MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Circuit Judges) The foregoing motion by Appellant to expedite the appeal is GRANTED. The following briefing schedule is imposed: Appellants' Opening Brief shall be filed and served on October 30, 2025; Appellee's Brief shall be filed and served on December 5, 2025; and Appellant's Reply Brief, if any, shall be filed and served on December 23, 2025.. Panel No.: DCO-003-E. Montgomery-Reeves, Authoring Judge. (ARR) [Entered: 10/09/2025 05:12 PM]
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| Filing 14 ECF FILER: Response filed by Appellee Chichester School District to motion. Certificate of Service dated 10/07/2025. [25-2788] (GCS) [Entered: 10/07/2025 02:35 PM] |
| Filing 13 TEXT ORDER (Clerk) Any response to the appellants' motion to expedite must be filed by 5:00 p.m. on October 7, 2025. Even if not conceding that expedition is necessary, any response should either agree with the proposed expedited briefing schedule or include the appellee's own proposal. See 3d Cir. L.A.R. 4.1. (AV) [Entered: 10/01/2025 10:40 AM] |
| Filing 12 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Maura McInerney on behalf of Appellant(s) Y.C.Q. Renee Platz. [25-2788] (MM) [Entered: 09/30/2025 06:12 PM] |
| Filing 11 ECF FILER: Motion filed by Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. to Expedite We request that the Court expedite the briefing, argument (if ordered), and disposition of the interlocutory appeal concerning the denial of YCQ's statutory right to a pendant special education placement.. Certificate of Service dated 09/30/2025. Service made by US mail, ECF, Email. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 09/30/2025 03:43 PM] |
| Filing 10 ECF FILER: Transcript Purchase Order Form (Part 1) filed by Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. advising this court that no transcripts are available. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 09/30/2025 03:35 PM] |
| Filing 9 ECF FILER: Concise Summary of the Case filed by Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 09/30/2025 03:31 PM] |
| Filing 8 ECF FILER: CIVIL INFORMATION STATEMENT on behalf of Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 09/30/2025 03:30 PM] |
| Filing 7 ECF FILER: DISCLOSURE STATEMENT on behalf of Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q.. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 09/30/2025 03:29 PM] |
| Filing 6 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Margaret M. Wakelin on behalf of Appellant(s) Y.C.Q., a minor, and Renee Platz, Educational Decision Maker. [25-2788] (MMW) [Entered: 09/30/2025 03:27 PM] |
| Filing 5 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Gabrielle C. Sereni on behalf of Appellee(s) Chichester School District. [25-2788] (GCS) [Entered: 09/29/2025 04:42 PM] |
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Filing 4
ORDER (Clerk)Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 (made applicable by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 25(a)(5)) and Third Circuit Local Appellate Rule 113.12, personal identifier information must be redacted from most filings. These identifiers include Social Security numbers, names of minor children, financial account numbers, dates of birth, and home addresses in criminal cases. Litigants are responsible for redacting documents. This Courts Local Appellate Rules are available at www.ca3.uscourts.gov. Accordingly, this action has been docketed under the initials of the minor child Y.C.Q., rather than the minor childs full name. The parties should comply with these privacy rules in any future filings. The Clerk will not review each filing for compliance. This order has no impact on any filings in the District Court, and the parties should address any issues regarding those filings with that Court. (CLW) [Entered: 09/16/2025 05:10 PM]
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| Filing 3 NOTICE Pursuant to 3d Cir. L.A.R. 26.1, a document is timely filed if received by 5:00 p.m. ET on the last day for filing unless the Court sets a different time, the document has been submitted by an inmate pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 25(a)(2)(A)(iii), or otherwise specified in L.A.R. 26.1 (CLW) [Entered: 09/16/2025 05:04 PM] |
| Filing 2 RECORD available on District Court CM/ECF. (CLW) [Entered: 09/16/2025 05:03 PM] |
| Filing 1 CIVIL CASE DOCKETED. Notice filed by Appellants Renee Platz and Y. C. Q. in District Court No. 2:25-cv-03574. (CLW) [Entered: 09/16/2025 05:00 PM] |
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