Crystal Wade v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Environmental SocialSecurity Immigration
Whether a court of appeals ruling that denied a request for indefinite medical leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act undermines the ability to establish a prima facie case of discrimination
QUESTION PRESENTED Does a United States Court of Appeals ruling which affirmed the per se requirements of Wood v. Green, 323 F.3d 1309, 1314 (11th Cir, 2003), and which denied that Petitioner’s request to her employer for indefinite leave to seek medical treatment was a_ reasonable accommodation, and thus determined that Petitioner was not a qualified individual under the Rehabilitation Act, undermine the very ability of a victim to establish a prima facie case of discrimination, and in the process thwart the intended protections of the Rehabilitation Act in the process.