Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 4, 1983, Nos. 81-4209, 81-4262 (Department of Education v. Carl D.)

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated actions arose under the Education For All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401-1461 (1976) (EAHCA). The district court held in both cases that the limitations period applicable to civil actions brought under section 1415(e)(2) of the EAHCA for review of a state hearing officer’s administrative decision is the thirty-day period of the