Y.A., a minor by Next Friend, IBRAHIM ALZANDANI; W.A., a minor by Next Friend, NADHEM ALNAJAR; A.M., a minor by Next Friend, ABRAHAM MUZIB v. HAMTRAMCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, et al., MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - Articles

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Y.A., a minor by Next Friend, IBRAHIM ALZANDANI; W.A., a minor by Next Friend, NADHEM ALNAJAR; A.M., a minor by Next Friend, ABRAHAM MUZIB v. HAMTRAMCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, et al., MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 22, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Neil Giovanatti, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Kassem M. Dakhlallah, HAMMOUD, DAKHLALLAH & ASSOCIATES, PLLC, Dearborn, Michigan, for Appellees.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Bryan W. Beach, Neil Giovanatti, Ticara D. Hendley, Marissa Wiesen, OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Kassem M. Dakhlallah, HAMMOUD, DAKHLALLAH & ASSOCIATES, PLLC, Dearborn, Michigan, for Appellees.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER and RITZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit

SUTTON, Chief Judge. A group of parents claim that their local public school denied their children access to essential special-education services. They sued the school district, unsurprisingly. More surprisingly, they sued the State, based on its alleged failure to supervise the school district and to provide more funding for it. The district court denied the State’s motion to dismiss, holding that the relevant statute, the Americans with Disabilities Act, abrogated its sovereign immunity under the Fourteenth Amendment. This interlocutory appeal followed. We reverse.

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