No. 23-7400

Leslie J. Reynard v. Washburn University of Topeka

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-05-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: ada-accommodation ada-title-i eeoc-filing eeoc-filing-requirements equitable-tolling light-sensitivity qualified-disabled-employees reasonable-accommodation seizure-disorder summary-judgment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2025-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did Washburn's delay in providing Dr. Reynard's reasonable accommodation violate its ADA Title I obligation?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. ADA Title I mandates employers to reasonably accommodate qualified, disabled employees who request help. Dr. Reynard’s lifelong seizure disorder is triggered. by certain types of light. Washburn accommodated this limitation for ten years, until 2017 when she was assigned a dangerously lit basement classroom. Washburn forced Dr. Reynard to continue teaching in the assigned room for nearly two months while it delayed her requested room change. Did Washburn's delay in providing her reasonable accommodation violates its obligation to provide it? II. The Supreme Court found that timing requirements for EEOC filings are nonjurisdictional (Fort Bend County v. Davis. 2019). Dr. Reynard told Washburn of her EEOC Inquiry in April 2018 (opened as a Charge August 2018 due to EEOC backlog). Washburn did not claim a time-bar defense until about April 2022. Dr. Reynard gave evidence Washburn's time calculations were wrong and also argued for consideration of equitable tolling, continuing violations, and hostile environment evidence. Was the lower court's reliance upon an 11th-hour affirmative defense of "exhaustion" in granting it summary judgment proper? ii ,

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Rehearing DENIED.
2024-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-10-30
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-09-26
Reply of petitioner Leslie J. Reynard filed. (Distributed)
2024-06-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-05
Brief of respondent Washburn University of Topeka in opposition filed.
2024-04-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 6, 2024)
2024-02-12
Application (23A744) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until April 12, 2024.
2024-02-02
Application (23A744) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 13, 2024 to April 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Leslie J. Reynard
Leslie J. Reynard — Petitioner
Leslie J. Reynard — Petitioner
Washburn University of Topeka
Susan Lynn MauchGoodell Stratton Edmonds & Palmer LLP, Respondent
Susan Lynn MauchGoodell Stratton Edmonds & Palmer LLP, Respondent