disability-accommodation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A652 Zbigniew M. Laskowski v. Washington Department of Labor & Industries Washington 2025-12-03 Application certiorari-petition disability-accommodation judicial-process legal-representation pro-se time-extension Whether a pro se litigant with a disability can obtain an extension of time to file a Supreme Court certiorari petition when facing challenges in secu…
25A637 Arun K. Chhabra v. ACW New Jersey, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-02 Application deadline-extension disability-accommodation legal-assistance medical-limitation pro-se supreme-court-procedure Whether a pro se litigant's physical disabilities and temporary lack of assistance constitute grounds for extending a deadline to file a petition for …
24A522 Michael Boutin v. Chicopee Housing Authority Massachusetts 2024-11-27 Presumed Complete appellate-review disability-accommodation due-process pro-se-litigation supreme-court-procedure time-extension Whether a pro se litigant with documented disabilities is entitled to an extraordinary extension of time to file a writ of certiorari based on procedu…
24-509 Kathlyn Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-remedies disability-accommodation due-process pro-se-litigation sovereign-immunity tax-collection Does the Supreme Court agree that the Petitioner's case was wrongly dismissed due to disability accommodation issues and procedural violations by the …
24-5181 Dale Williamson v. University of Louisville Sixth Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-compliance ada-title-ii administrative-procedure disability-accommodation disability-discrimination procedural-remedy title-ii-claim transcript-correction tuition-fees venue-transfer Question not identified.
24A81 Jane Doe, on Behalf of Herself and Her Minor Child, Sarah Doe v. Franklin Square Union Free School District Second Circuit 2024-07-23 Presumed Complete disability-accommodation disability-rights federal-law reasonable-accommodation school-district student-protection Whether a school district's denial of a reasonable accommodation for a disabled student constitutes a violation of federal disability rights laws
22-979 Nicole Owens v. Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Response Waived ADA ada-amendments-act disability-accommodation disability-discrimination employment-law interactive-process major-life-activities pregnancy-discrimination-act reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act When must an employee provide information to trigger an employer's obligation to provide reasonable accommodation under the ADA, Rehab Act, and PDA?
22-7118 Scott David Creech v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Sixth Circuit 2023-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prisoner-accommodation reasonable-accommodation Did the Ohio Department of Rehabilitations and Corrections know that Petitioner was disabled and thereafter deny him a reasonable accommodation to a k…
22-6412 Nicholas Conlan v. Costco Wholesale Corporation Ninth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation employment-discrimination interactive-process jury-trial pretext reasonable-accommodation service-animal service-dog workplace-accommodation Did Costco violate the Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act by terminating the interactive process with ambiguities they had and not directly eng…
21-7361 Terry G. Watson v. Karey L. Witty, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-14 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP ada administrative-procedure disability-accommodation federal-preemption health-care incarceration supremacy-clause title-38 title-38-benefits veterans-rights Whether a veteran's statutory rights under Title 38 are upheld by a state corrections department under the Supremacy Clause
21-680 Lawrence Salisbury v. City of Santa Monica, California Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response Waived consideration disability-accommodation disability-rights fair-housing-act fair-housing-amendments-act federal-common-law housing-discrimination landlord-tenant landlord-tenant-law procedural-requirements reasonable-accommodation rental-housing Whether the Fair Housing Amendments Act requires landlords to accommodate the disabilities of individuals who occupy rental housing, even where the re…
21-5594 Daniel J. Heffley v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation discriminatory-intent due-process federal-court-obligation rehabilitation-act Does the Federal Court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
21-5187 Patricia A. McColm v. Trinity County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Dismissed IFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access disability-accommodation disability-accommodations dismissal-with-prejudice due-process pre-filing-order pro-se Whether pro-se-plaintiffs-with-disabilities-should-receive-accommodations-or-counsel
21-5170 Patricia A. McColm v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Dismissed IFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights counsel-appointment court-procedure disability-accommodation dismissal-with-prejudice due-process exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion medically-verified-limitations ninth-circuit standing Did the Ninth Circuit err in finding an appropriate issue for appeal, where the magistrate judge failed to find that medically verified permanent limi…
20-8301 Daniel J. Heffley v. Kimberly Steele, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability disability-accommodation discrimination discrimination-intent due-process federal-court federal-court-obligations rehabilitation-act Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
20-8276 Joel Barcelona v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-refusal civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation due-process healthcare-access medical-needs medical-rights statutory-rights Whether the respondents acted with deliberate indifference when they refused to authorize payments for a hearing aid, a medically necessary device to …
20-227 Cynthia Madej, et vir v. Jeff Maiden, Athens County Engineer Sixth Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived accommodation-request americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split corroboration disability-accommodation disability-claims fair-housing-amendments-act medical-history summary-judgment Is a disability claimant's self-reported medical history regarding the need for an accommodation presumptively unreliable?
20-199 George Charles Clark v. Inco Champion National Security, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied ada-disability-discrimination ada-discrimination causation circuit-conflict direct-evidence disability-accommodation employment-termination reasonable-accommodation retaliation summary-judgment What is the standard under the ADA applicable to firing an employee for conduct caused by a disability?
20-5166 J. J. H. v. Waukesha County, Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-07-24 Denied Amici (2)IFP civil-rights disability disability-accommodation due-process equal-protection hearing-rights involuntary-commitment legal-participation mental-health procedural-due-process procedural-fairness Whether a deaf person undergoing an involuntary commitment has a due process right to understand and participate in her hearing
19-8818 Sharon Johnson v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2020-06-25 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-accommodation due-process equal-protection judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-rights standing Whether in pro per parties are entitled to the same U.S. Constitution Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protection rights as represented part…
19-8717 Lance E. Felton v. City of Jackson, Mississippi Fifth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-accommodation disability-rights employment-discrimination interactive-process post-traumatic-stress-disorder pretext reasonable-accommodation termination Whether the City of Jackson, Mississippi failed to accommodate Lance Felton's disability pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act
19-7740 Yolanda Bell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-dismissal civil-rights collateral-order disability disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion judicial-process motion-denial reasonable-accommodation Did the Court of Appeals commit legal error and abuse their discretion when denying Petitioner's appeal of the district courts denial of her motions r…
19-7543 Earl Osborn v. Christopher Williams, et al. Second Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-rights corrections-department disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process inmate-rights medical-treatment mental-disability mental-health prisoner-rights standing summary-judgment Whether the Supreme Court should eliminate the requirement for an individualized, fact-specific determination regarding the availability of administra…
19-6335 James Morris Balagia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine counsel-of-choice disability-accommodation interlocutory-appeal legal-review reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act rehabilitation-act-of-1978 right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez abrogate Flanagan v. United States and permit interlocutory appellate review of the denial of counsel of a defend…
19-5748 Seth Mitchell v. Macy's, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights denial-of-motion disability-accommodation due-process employment-discrimination erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure first-amendment hipaa magistrate-judge motion-to-amend timeliness title-vii When, if ever, can a magistrate judge intentionally violate FRCP 15(a)(1)(B) in denying a timely motion to amend a complaint?
18A1323 Seth Mitchell v. Macy's, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2019-06-18 Presumed Complete disability-accommodation eeoc-charges employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment retaliatory-discharge sexual-harassment Whether an employer's alleged pattern of discriminatory conduct, including disability accommodation denials, sexual harassment, and retaliatory discha…
18-9038 Scott Peters v. Illinois Illinois 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights courtroom-access disability-accommodation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion reasonable-accommodation standing trial-procedure Whether the trial court erred in denying petitioner's rights as a disabled individual, including his right to reasonable accommodations and equal acce…
18-1179 John Mbawe v. Ferris State University, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied ada ada-section-504 americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation disability-discrimination due-process individualized-assessment interactive-process property-interest property-liberty-interest rehabilitation-act rehabilitation-act-of-1973 student-rights university-dismissal Whether the interactive process is triggered when a University knows or should know of a student's disability, and of that student's desire to remain …
18-7368 Redmond Howard v. Daryl McCready, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-compliance civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-dismissal pro-se-pleading special-litigation standing Had Judge Russell III drafted an inaccurate OPINION based on the American Disabilities Act (ADA), rather than the plaintiffs true claim: What the US D…
18-815 T. B., Jr., By and Through His Parents, T. B., Sr., et ux. v. Prince George’s County Board of Education, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied child-find child-find-requirement disability-accommodation educational-decline educational-rights forest-grove-school-dist-v-ta forest-grove-school-district-v-ta individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parental-requests procedural-violation special-education special-education-supports Whether a disabled student deprived of an appropriate education under IDEA may be left without a remedy
18-5503 Brian Preston v. Great Lakes Specialty Finance, Inc., dba Axcess Financial Sixth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-accommodation americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation disability-rights essential-job-functions interactive-dialogue qualified-employee reasonable-accommodation telecommuting work-from-home Whether the employer's view of the essential job elements or the competing views of the employer and employee should be the deciding factor in determi…
25A800 Timothy Robert Provo v. Geoffrey W. Tenney, Individually and as Judge, Tenth Judicial District, Wright County, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Application access-to-courts ada-access disability-accommodation judicial-review jurisdictional-defects procedural-irregularities Question not identified.