medical-impairment

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25A520 Ethan West-Helmle v. Denver District Attorney's Office, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-11-05 Application ada-violation disability-discrimination medical-impairment professional-externship reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act protect law students with medical impairments from discriminatory treatment during …
24A632 Patrick Comack v. Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-27 Presumed Complete administrative-determination disability-benefits medical-impairment neurodegenerative-disorder pro-se-litigation social-security Whether the Social Security Administration's determination of a claimant's neurodegenerative disorder impairment requires a more comprehensive evaluat…
24A35 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-07-12 Presumed Complete ada disability-access legal-resources meaningful-access medical-impairment prison-conditions Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state prisons to provide meaningful access to legal resources for inmates with disabilities who f…
18-147 Karen H. Scott v. District Hospital Partners, L.P., et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-01 Denied ada ada-amendments-act breathing circuit-conflict circuit-split disability-discrimination disability-law disability-rights eeoc-procedure judicial-interpretation life-threatening medical-impairment reasonable-accommodation relation-back-doctrine standing Whether a severe physical condition that can prevent breathing and be life-threatening is considered a disability under the law, in conflict with othe…