| Shinoff OCR Letter Peters v. Guajome 1 Peters v. Guajome 2 Peters v. Guajome 3 Peters v. Guajome 4 VUSD v. BJ Freeman |
Vista Unified School District hired psychologist B.J. Freeman as a consultant. It was
Dr. Freeman's professional opinion that the school had an obligation to provide
services to a student, but JOHN HANNAMAN, Director of Special Education Services
for VUSD, did not want to do that.
So Daniel Shinoff sued Dr. Freeman because she wouldn't testify as VUSD wished
her to.
Why didn't he advise the district to follow the law? Is Shinoff is so accustomed to
being able to pay off expert witnesses that he forgot that suborning perjury is a
felony? Or maybe he thought it was just the way things are done: schools are above
the law, and so are their lawyers. (Apparently it is the way things are done in
schools, but it's still a felony.)
Dr. Freeman's professional opinion that the school had an obligation to provide
services to a student, but JOHN HANNAMAN, Director of Special Education Services
for VUSD, did not want to do that.
So Daniel Shinoff sued Dr. Freeman because she wouldn't testify as VUSD wished
her to.
Why didn't he advise the district to follow the law? Is Shinoff is so accustomed to
being able to pay off expert witnesses that he forgot that suborning perjury is a
felony? Or maybe he thought it was just the way things are done: schools are above
the law, and so are their lawyers. (Apparently it is the way things are done in
schools, but it's still a felony.)
| Vista Unified School District v. B.J. Freeman When VUSD couldn't get Dr. Freeman to say that a child was ineligible for special education, they sued her. |
| What does VUSD do when a doctor says a child needs special education, but the district doesn't want to provide it? They hire Daniel Shinoff to sue her. In this case, the doctor refused to change her finding, and she prevailed. Stutz attorneys Dan Shinoff and Gil Abed sued Freeman on behalf of VUSD in an effort to force her to testify under oath as they wished. |
In fact, Freeman was perfectly willing to testify. She simply didn't want to lie. The district wanted Freeman to say that a student whom she had tested did NOT need services. |
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| Vista Unified School District |
| Guajome Park Academy |
| "...Dr. Freeman was to support the school in following her assessments..." > > > |
The denial below was filed on
Shinoff sued another Vista Unified parent
Shinoff sued another Vista Unified parent
| "...Dr. Freeman was to support the school in following her assessments..." --From Daniel Shinoff/Gil Abed's August 2004 Case Management Statement |
Education Reform Report
| Blog post--Dan Shinoff says his own actions in this case were unethical or illegal (!?!) and therefore this blogger must not be allowed to talk about them. |