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At least they were able to capture Judge Rumpelstiltskin on tape:Watch: Judge Sleeps Through Autistic Teen's Trial
Submitted by Landon Bryce on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 17:01
Sleeping Special Education Judge Resigns under Fire: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
Larry Craddock has stepped down as a hearing officer after video showing him sleeping through the due process trial of autistic teenager Ryan Harvey was posted to YouTube:[...]In Texas, when the parents of special needs children disagree with the way their public school is educating their kid and efforts at compromise fail, there is often only one recourse to settle the dispute. It's called "Due Process", an educational court proceeding in which a state-appointed hearing officer listens to the issues and serves as judge and jury.
Larry Craddock was presiding at just such a hearing when he was captured on cell phone camera snoozing through testimony. Attorney Silver estimates Craddock slept through a quarter of the proceedings.
"We dropped water bottles. We tried coughing, we tried jumbling our books to help stir him awake, but it wasn't working," said parent Donna Harvey.
Parents who engage in a "due process hearing" often expend tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees fighting school districts with much deeper pockets.
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At least they were able to capture Judge Rumpelstiltskin on tape:Watch: Judge Sleeps Through Autistic Teen's Trial
Submitted by Landon Bryce on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 17:01
Sleeping Special Education Judge Resigns under Fire: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
Larry Craddock has stepped down as a hearing officer after video showing him sleeping through the due process trial of autistic teenager Ryan Harvey was posted to YouTube:[...]In Texas, when the parents of special needs children disagree with the way their public school is educating their kid and efforts at compromise fail, there is often only one recourse to settle the dispute. It's called "Due Process", an educational court proceeding in which a state-appointed hearing officer listens to the issues and serves as judge and jury.
Larry Craddock was presiding at just such a hearing when he was captured on cell phone camera snoozing through testimony. Attorney Silver estimates Craddock slept through a quarter of the proceedings.
"We dropped water bottles. We tried coughing, we tried jumbling our books to help stir him awake, but it wasn't working," said parent Donna Harvey.
Parents who engage in a "due process hearing" often expend tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees fighting school districts with much deeper pockets.
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The judge said it was the attorneys who were supposed to wake him up.
What a twat. I think it's about time he had his bar card revoked. That'll give him a chance to catch up on his sleep.
At least they were able to capture Judge Rumpelstiltskin on tape:Watch: Judge Sleeps Through Autistic Teen's Trial
Submitted by Landon Bryce on Sat, 02/11/2012 - 17:01
Sleeping Special Education Judge Resigns under Fire: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
Larry Craddock has stepped down as a hearing officer after video showing him sleeping through the due process trial of autistic teenager Ryan Harvey was posted to YouTube:[...]
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The judge said it was the attorneys who were supposed to wake him up.
What a twat. I think it's about time he had his bar card revoked. That'll give him a chance to catch up on his sleep.
Would you believe judge Larry Craddock alleged in interview it was duty of attorney for child to awake him?
You are right, of course.Rumplestiltskin spun straw into gold. Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years.
