 After exhausting the appeals process with the school district, Mrs. Martínez filed a legal complaint on September 3, 1987 with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich ruled on August 8, 1988 that Eliana could attend the school if isolated by transparent partitions from other students until she was toilet trained and learned to stop sucking her fingers.A notice of appeal was promptly filed and the school district constructed the isolation booth specified in the judge's decision.