Breit v. LBUSD — Complaint (Document 1, filed June 2, 2026)
U.S. District Court, Central District of California — Southern Division · James S. Azadian, Christine Mardikian, David Ter-Petrosyan
- Published:
- 2026-06-02
- Retrieved:
- 2026-06-03
15-page federal complaint, Case No. 8:26-cv-01418 (C.D. Cal., Southern Division), filed June 2, 2026 by Dykema Gossett LLP on behalf of plaintiffs William Breit and Kathleen Christoff. Pleads three claims: (1) Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12132; (2) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794; (3) California Government Code §11135. Alleges the district's February 26, 2026 3-2 vote relocated the Laguna Beach High School graduation from Guyer Field to the Irvine Bowl without a pre-vote ADA accessibility evaluation, and that the Irvine Bowl (maximum capacity ~2,600) provides only 11 wheelchair-accessible spaces and 12 companion seats clustered in three non-dispersed areas, with steep approach and interior circulation. Seeks declaratory relief plus a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunction barring graduation at the Irvine Bowl, plus attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. §12205 and 29 U.S.C. §794a(b). References a separate U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights complaint as already filed. Local mirror served at /docs/breit-v-lbusd/2026-06-02-complaint.pdf; confirm against PACER (8:26-cv-01418) for the authoritative docket.
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Upon information and belief, approximately 215 students are expected to graduate in the upcoming graduation ceremony, which is scheduled for June 11, 2026.
Breit v. LBUSD complaint ¶12. The graduation date and expected graduate count as pleaded.
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Defendant's decision to relocate the graduation to the Irvine Bowl—an arena/bowl that provides only eleven (11) wheelchair-accessible spaces and twelve (12) companion seats for an anticipated attendance of 800 to 1,000 persons—will effectively exclude Plaintiffs and other similarly situated persons with disabilities from participating in this event on equal terms with non-disabled attendees, in direct violation of the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Cal. Gov't Code § 11135.
Breit v. LBUSD complaint ¶2 (Preliminary Statement). The operative theory of the case as pleaded.
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In response, Superintendent Dr. Glass stated that, if enjoined even a week before the graduation, it would be "no problem" because Defendant would be able to "easily pivot" to hold the graduation at Guyer Field as originally planned.
Breit v. LBUSD complaint ¶15 (restated at ¶39). The plaintiffs' account of Glass's remarks to the PTA Council on May 7, 2026.
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This critical omission is established by the District's own response to a California Public Records Act ("PRA") request submitted on March 11, 2026, which the District answered on April 2, 2026: that response confirms that no pre-vote ADA evaluation was conducted before the Board approved the venue change.
Breit v. LBUSD complaint ¶14. The PRA request and the district's response are not independently in the timeline's document set; this is the plaintiffs' allegation as pleaded.
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On February 26, 2026, the Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted, in a split 3-2 decision, to relocate the graduation ceremony from Guyer Field at Laguna Beach High School to the Irvine Bowl without first conducting a formal ADA accessibility evaluation of the Irvine Bowl.
Breit v. LBUSD complaint ¶14, retrospectively characterizing the February 26, 2026 relocation vote as the act that gave rise to the June 2, 2026 federal ADA / Section 504 complaint.