No. 21-1105

Jana Garcia v. Wyoming Department of Health and Social Services

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: ada affirmative-defense americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights eleventh-amendment eleventh-amendment-immunity federal-funding federal-funds rehabilitation-act subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver-of-defense
Latest Conference: 2022-03-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. In an action against a State under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, is the State immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment when the cause of action is couched under the "standards" of the Americans with Disabilities Act pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §794(d)?

2. Did the defendant State of Wyoming waive its immunity defense by litigating the merits of the matter while failing to present evidence that it did not receive federal funds?

3. Is Eleventh Amendment Immunity a question of subject matter jurisdiction or is it an affirmative defense which may be waived?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state is immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment in an action under the Rehabilitation Act when the cause of action is based on the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Docket Entries

2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-11
Waiver of right of respondent Wyoming Department of Health and Social Services to respond filed.
2022-02-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 14, 2022)
2022-01-07
Application (21A296) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 6, 2022.
2021-12-27
Application (21A296) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 16, 2022 to March 17, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Jana Garcia
Bernard Quinn Phelan — Petitioner
Wyoming Department of Health and Social Services
Peter Fraser HowardState of Wyoming Attorney General's Office, Respondent