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25A765 Karen L. MacElroy Zopatti v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2026-01-02 Application ada disability-rights due-process judicial-access reasonable-accommodation title-ii Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires state courts to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled litigants to ensure meaningful acce…
25-737 John S. Morter v. Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense District of Columbia 2025-12-22 Pending Response Waived agency-discretion essential-job-function medical-exemption reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act security-screening Whether a federal agency may redefine a security screening requirement as an 'essential job function' and eliminate reasonable accommodation duties un…
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 …
25A373 Rochelle L. Smith v. General Motors, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2025-09-30 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-court-review employment-discrimination medical-restrictions reasonable-accommodation workplace-injury Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee with medical work restrictions f…
25A363 Teresa Maria Harmon v. Louis I. Waterman, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-09-29 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act attorney-conduct disability-discrimination legal-advocacy pro-se-litigant reasonable-accommodation Whether an attorney's advocacy in opposing disability accommodations can constitute discrimination or retaliation under the Americans with Disabilitie…
25-353 Sally W. Tarquinio v. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Fourth Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act cdc-guidelines employment-discrimination medical-decision-making medical-exemption reasonable-accommodation Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and this Court's decisions recognizing liberty in medical decision-making permit an employer to term…
25-314 Carl Culp v. Scott Caudill, in His Official Capacity as Chief of the Fort Wayne Police Department Seventh Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act arrest-standards civil-rights disability-rights law-enforcement reasonable-accommodation Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to law enforcement during arrest of a qualified individual with a disability and what …
24A1238 M. Patricia Cantu, et vir v. Austin Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act discrimination law-enforcement mental-health-crisis reasonable-accommodation use-of-force Whether the use of force by law enforcement against individuals experiencing mental health crises violates the Americans with Disabilities Act's prote…
24-975 Latrisha Winder, as Next Friend of J. W., a Minor and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Stephen Wayne Winder, Deceased, et al. v. Joshua M. Gallardo, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-discrimination exigent-circumstances law-enforcement reasonable-accommodation Whether Title II of the ADA applies when law-enforcement officers face exigent circumstances during encounters with individuals with disabilities
24A751 Trent Nelson v. URSA Major Corporation Seventh Circuit 2025-01-31 Presumed Complete ada disability-rights employment-discrimination fmla medical-leave reasonable-accommodation Whether an employer's termination of an employee who has requested medical accommodations and taken intermittent leave constitutes unlawful discrimina…
24-6206 Anthony Bowden, Sr. v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law disability-discrimination due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board reasonable-accommodation Whether the Merit System Protection Board's decision discriminated against a person with a disability and disregarded Mr. Bowden's arguments due to me…
24-481 Irma Leibas v. Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff, Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split employment-discrimination essential-job-functions medical-restrictions reasonable-accommodation Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly deferred to a doctor's medical restrictions in determining ADA 'qualified individual' status, or whether a more …
24-5742 Jasmine Oliver v. Amazon.com Services LLC Seventh Circuit 2024-10-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP employer-liability reasonable-accommodation retaliation sexual-harassment title-vii workplace-discrimination Whether an employer is vicariously liable for sexual harassment reported anonymously, whether employer liability depends on organizational size, and w…
24-400 Jennifer Tom v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit 2024-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination employment-rights ninth-circuit-review reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Can the Supreme Court allow the Ninth Circuit's decision to stand in a case involving termination of a disabled employee by the Social Security Admini…
24-274 LuzMaria Arroyo v. Volvo Group North America, LLC, dba Volvo Parts North America Seventh Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied disability-rights employment-discrimination military-service reasonable-accommodation userra veterans-protection Whether the Seventh Circuit misapplied USERRA provisions and improperly relied on ADA standards in evaluating a disabled veteran's reemployment rights
24-249 A. J. T., By and Through Her Parents, A. T. & G. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-09-05 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-rights educational-discrimination reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether the ADA and Rehabilitation Act require children with disabilities to satisfy a uniquely stringent 'bad faith or gross misjudgment' standard wh…
24-237 Gabriel N. Schwartz v. Beauvallon Condominium Association, Inc. Colorado 2024-09-03 Denied attorney-fees fair-housing-act homeowners-association mask-mandate medical-privacy reasonable-accommodation Whether an HOA may require intrusive medical record disclosure as a condition for a reasonable accommodation exemption from a mask mandate under the F…
24-179 Eric Katz v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure eeoc-complaint employment-discrimination material-fact reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether the court erred in upholding the ruling that there was no genuine issue of material fact with regard to Mr. Katz's claims of DOJ violations of…
24-5149 Brandy Thompson v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination ada-rehabilitation-act-burden-shifting-qualified-i burden-shifting disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation retaliation-claim Did the lower court correctly apply the burden-shifting framework in assessing the plaintiff's discrimination and retaliation claims under the America…
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
24-5049 Irena Shie v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2024-07-11 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act communication-disability deprivation-of-constitutional-rights-under-color-o equal-protection fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-speech judicial-procedure meaningful-participation-in-justice-system petition-government-for-redress-of-grievances reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations equal-protection-under-law
23-1354 Jamilah Abdul-Haqq v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act duty-of-fair-representation employment-discrimination fair-employment-and-housing-act interactive-process post-traumatic-stress-disorder reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations Do the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) necessitate employers and unions to engage in an interacti…
23A1109 LuzMaria Arroyo v. Volvo Group North America, LLC dba Volvo Parts North America Seventh Circuit 2024-06-12 Presumed Complete ada disability-standards employment-discrimination military-service reasonable-accommodation userra Whether federal courts may conflate disability standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemploym…
23A1050 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp v. Luke Davis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-24 Presumed Complete accessibility ada disability-rights medical-testing ninth-circuit reasonable-accommodation Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires private medical testing facilities to provide reasonable accommodations for visually impaired ind…
23-7400 Leslie J. Reynard v. Washburn University of Topeka Tenth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation ada-title-i eeoc-filing eeoc-filing-requirements equitable-tolling light-sensitivity qualified-disabled-employees reasonable-accommodation seizure-disorder summary-judgment Did Washburn's delay in providing Dr. Reynard's reasonable accommodation violate its ADA Title I obligation?
23-7331 Carol Ann McBratnie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act case-precedent disability disability-status employee employment-law job-applicant medical-inquiry reasonable-accommodation Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan apply the wrong standard to a new job applicant un…
23-7320 Darrin Espinosa v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights employment-discrimination essential-functions job-performance reasonable-accommodation termination termination-of-employment workers-compensation Does a disabled person have the right to perform a job even though he does not need accommodations to perform all essential functions of the job?
23-7074 Venus Moore v. Delaware Merit Employee Relations Board, et al. Delaware 2024-03-28 Denied IFP ada-accommodation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process employment-discrimination interactive-process reasonable-accommodation veterans-readjustment-act vevraa Did the defendant have a legal obligation to engage in a flexible interactive process with the plaintiff under the Americans Disabilities Act?
23A715 Kevin Rashaan Golden v. City of Longview, Public Works Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-02 Presumed Complete ada disability-discrimination employment-discrimination municipal-liability reasonable-accommodation wrongful-termination Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) permits a plaintiff to pursue employment discrimination claims against a municipal employer when all…
23-733 Jada Ku v. Great Falls College Montana State University Montana 2024-01-09 Denied Response Waived accommodation civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process educational-discrimination equal-protection mental-health-rights reasonable-accommodation standing state-university Can the Great Falls College Montana State University discriminate against me because of my mental disability?
23-6233 In Re Patrick di Santo 2023-12-12 Denied IFP ada-compliance administrative-hearing administrative-tribunals civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process judicial-accessibility reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations state-and-local-government-services traumatic-brain-injury Did Edward Mandlebaum and Alexandra Perez Halper f/k/a Alexandra Perez ! Cid fail to state cause of action for the relief which they were granted
23-5843 Cleon Belgrave v. Publix Super Market, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-discrimination ada-qualified-individual ada-reasonable-accommodations ada-retaliation civil-rights disability-rights eeoc-filing employment-discrimination employment-termination judicial-review reasonable-accommodation Whether the plaintiff's EEOC filing was timely, whether the plaintiff was a qualified individual under the ADA, whether the plaintiff's accommodation …
23-362 Perry Hopman v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination equal-access essential-job-functions reasonable-accommodation Whether the ADA's reasonable accommodation requirement is limited to accommodations that enable an employee to perform the essential functions of a po…
23-309 Michael Paul Nelson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure disability-rights due-process equal-access fundamental-rights reasonable-accommodation Does the Confrontation Clause and/or Due Process Clause require a criminal court to modify policies to allow a disabled defendant to use prosthetic de…
23-268 Carolyn Frost Keenan v. River Oaks Property Owners, Inc. Texas 2023-09-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split disability-discrimination fair-housing-act knowledge-element reasonable-accommodation statutory-interpretation Whether an FHAA disability claim under 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3) is barred if the defendant does not know or could not have reasonably known of the disab…
23-264 Jay Hannah v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-19 Denied Response Waived ada ada-accommodation business-decision disability-rights employment-discrimination equipment-modification fourth-circuit judicial-review reasonable-accommodation reasonable-modification union-employee Whether an employer's selection of the equipment used to perform a job precludes a court from considering whether modification of such equipment would…
23-134 Suellen Klossner v. IADU Table Mound MHP, LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-08-14 Denied Amici (1) alternative-income-sources civil-rights disability disability-rights equal-opportunity fair-housing-act housing-discrimination reasonable-accommodation rent-payment tenant-rights Whether the Fair Housing Act requires landlords to accept rent from alternative sources for tenants who are too disabled to work
23A123 Perry Hopman v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit 2023-08-11 Presumed Complete americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-discrimination essential-job-functions reasonable-accommodation service-animal Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability when the emplo…
23A113 Carolyn Frost Keenan v. River Oaks Property Owners, Inc. Texas 2023-08-08 Presumed Complete circuit-split deed-restrictions disability fair-housing-amendments-act property-owners-association reasonable-accommodation Whether the Fair Housing Amendments Act requires a housing provider to have knowledge of a disability at the time of an initial denial of a reasonable…
22-7782 Stephanie Morgan v. Prime Wimbledon SPE, LLC, et al. Oregon 2023-06-13 Denied Relisted (3)IFP covid-19 covid-19-shutdowns disability-discrimination fourteenth-amendment housing-protections mental-health-disability privacy privacy-rights reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations Whether COVID-19 shutdowns, along with proof of a Mental Health Disability and Reasonable Accommodations on file with the landlord, allow the tenant p…
22-1187 Julia Keller-McIntyre v. California California 2023-06-08 Rehearing ada civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process employment-law equal-employment protected-status reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Are employers required to prohibit discrimination in the hiring process for applicants with protected status?
22-7724 Juan Andrade-Moreno, aka Juan A. Moreno v. Isaac Kwarting, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied IFP actual-innocence ada-coverage civil-rights constitutional-rights disability dna-testing due-process fourteenth-amendment physical-injury post-conviction reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the petitioner's physical injury and resulting disability are covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
22-1067 Brian E. Johnson v. Mike Dobbins, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process intentional-discrimination prisoner-rights reasonable-accommodation sixth-circuit-court solitary-confinement Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err by holding that Title II of the American Disabilities Act (ADA) requires a prisoner with a known disability…
22-7304 Gricely Rosa v. Lawrence Housing Authority, et al. First Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied IFP administrative-policy americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-rights fair-housing-amendments-act federal-funding housing-discrimination justiciability public-housing reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Is a public housing agency required to alter its policies and procedures to accommodate the handicapped under the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the …
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…
22-621 Linda Matarese, Personal Representative of the Estate of Hilda Duld Bauman, Deceased v. Virginia Hospital Center Arlington Health System, dba Virginia Hospital Center, et al. Virginia 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment haines-v-kerner motion-to-strike pro-se-litigant reasonable-accommodation Did the Supreme Court of Virginia violate Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights?
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…
22-5682 Jonathan F. Ramos v. Valmont Industries, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-justice americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation sign-language-interpretation standing workplace-accessibility Whether the denial of an ASL interpreter for a deaf individual in a legal proceeding violates the Americans with Disabilities Act
21-8246 Richard D. Bostwick v. 44 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity reasonable-accommodation regulatory-taking standing substantive-due-process Whether the Remedies, Procedures and Rights set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act are unconstitutional
21-1112 Sonya Gorbea v. Verizon New York, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied ada constructive-termination employment-discrimination job-abandonment pretext ptsd reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations title-vii How can Verizon's dereliction of duty and reckless disregard for necessary medical treatment be acceptable under the ADA/Title VII when Verizon refuse…
21-7085 Kristina Merle Larson v. American Home Products, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Fourth Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance disability-discrimination employment-discrimination interactive-process medical-confidentiality psychiatric-disability reasonable-accommodation retaliation termination workplace-retaliation Why is it okay for the defendant to completely ignore the plaintiff's request for a reasonable accommodation?
21-7091 Zachary E. Coley v. Shaw Industries, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied IFP ada ada-claim administrative-law civil-rights court-review disability-rights discrimination due-process judicial-error legal-procedure reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the lower courts erred in their analysis of the petitioner's ADA claim
21-7044 Marc Fishman v. Office of Court Administration New York State Courts, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-function americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split court-access disability-discrimination judicial-immunity meaningful-access reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations Whether a judicial court attorney is shielded from a claim that she violated a litigant's rights under the ADA by refusing to provide a reasonable acc…
21-6923 Raymond V. DiGiacomo v. Superior Court of California, City and County of San Francisco California 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-1990 appellate-rights court-funding disability-rights due-process judicial-conduct judicial-review legal-access procedural-technicalities reasonable-accommodation state-court-procedure Whether a disabled litigant be allowed a reasonable accommodation to cover which requires one or more of said court's judges to lower their vocal tone…
21-1018 Nicole Colton v. Fehrer Automotive, North America, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied ada ada-amendments-act ada-amendments-act-of-2008 disability disability-discrimination motion-to-dismiss pleading reasonable-accommodation regarded-as-disabled short-stature standing Whether Colton's short stature could plausibly be a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act 1990, as amended by the ADA Amendments A…
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…
21-671 Tori Evans v. Cooperative Response Center, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied Response Waived ada americans-with-disabilities-act employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case qualified-employee reasonable-accommodation Whether courts can weigh the employer's reason for discharge in determining whether an employee satisfies her prima facie case that she is qualified t…
21-647 Janet Perdue v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC Fourth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied ada-accommodation ada-reasonable-accommodation disability-discrimination job-sharing neutral-work-rule pretext reasonable-accommodation summary-judgment us-airways-v-barnett work-rule Whether an employer's neutral work rule can trump the ADA's requirement to provide a reasonable accommodation
21-570 Ralph Keller v. Chippewa County Board of Commissioners, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-discrimination discrimination due-process individualized-assessment medical-devices reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Did the Lower Courts err in failing to recognize the discrimination against Petitioner, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities and Rehabilita…
21-123 Marguerite T. Martin v. Teleperformance Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination medical-condition privacy reasonable-accommodation security-breach termination wrongful-termination Whether the plaintiff's anemia condition and privacy concerns were properly considered in the termination of her employment due to a security breach
21-92 Dolores Machuca v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Fifth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived ada administrative-exhaustion disability-discrimination employment hostile-work-environment postal-service-employment reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations rehabilitation-act Whether the Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies is allowing the United States Postal Service as an employer to discriminate against disabled employe…
20-1584 Shelia Holmes v. General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response Waived ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination employment employment-discrimination essential-functions essential-job-functions qualified-individual reasonable-accommodation workplace-accommodation Whether an employer's steel-toed shoe requirement is an essential function of a disabled employee's job for purposes of determining whether she is a '…
20-1527 Michelle Stopyra Yaney v. State Bar of California California 2021-05-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process effective-communication government-agency mental-disability reasonable-accommodation reasonable-modification Is communication to facilitate understanding regarding procedure by one who suffers from a mental disability, such as anxiety disorder, a statutory re…
20-7706 JaKara Vester v. Henlopen Landing Homeowners Association, Inc., et al. Delaware 2021-04-12 Denied IFP autism disability-discrimination disparate-treatment fair-housing-act housing-discrimination housing-provider-liability pretext-discrimination reasonable-accommodation special-needs Whether the Fair Housing Act requires housing providers to reasonably accommodate a disabled resident's request for a fence to protect their autistic …
20-1357 Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado v. Laurie Exby-Stolley Tenth Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied ada adverse-employment-action americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff asserting a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 must show that the employer's failure to make the requested ac…
20-1224 O’Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC, dba O'Reilly Auto Parts v. Brian Bell First Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination essential-functions essential-job-functions first-circuit reasonable-accommodation Does the ADA require employers to provide accommodations to employees who do not need them?
20-1058 National Board of Medical Examiners v. Jessica Ramsay Third Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response Waived academic-performance-evaluation ada ada-disability-standard disability disability-diagnosis medical-licensing medical-licensing-exam reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations standardized-testing-accommodation standardized-tests third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in holding that the 'substantial limitation' standard requires disregarding evidence of real-world academic and standa…
20-901 Spring Branch Independent School District v. O. W., By Next Friend Hannah W. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived child-find individuals-with-disabilities-education-act public-school-district reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations school-district section-504 special-education Is a public school district's use of Section 504 accommodations a reasonable step in the process of complying with its Child Find obligation under the…
20-6650 Gregory Scott Sumner v. Brett Carter, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-18 Denied IFP ada ada-discrimination bivens-action civil-rights disability-rights due-process equal-access equal-protection free-speech public-services reasonable-accommodation Whether the public entity violated Title I of the ADA by excluding the plaintiff from participation in or denying the benefits of its programs and ser…
20-6224 Brenda L. White v. Elite Beverages Seventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied IFP addiction-treatment alcohol-abuse civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process duty-of-care employee-misconduct employer-responsibility employment-law reasonable-accommodation workplace-negligence workplace-safety Whether an employer has a duty to accommodate an employee with a known substance abuse problem
20-341 Natalie McDaniel v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived ada-constructive-discharge ada-essential-functions ada-hostile-work-environment ada-reasonable-accommodation ada-telework ada-undue-hardship constructive-discharge disability-discrimination essential-job-functions hostile-work-environment medical-restrictions reasonable-accommodation Whether the reasonableness standard articulated in Barnett requires that, a denial or removal of telework or other normally reasonable accommodation b…
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?
19-1393 Rachelle Davis v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response Waived actor civil-rights different-retaliatory-conduct eeoc-charge employment-discrimination lack-of-merit merit pro-se-complaint protected-activity reasonable-accommodation retaliation retaliation-claim same-actor statute-of-limitations timeliness untimely-complaint Does protection against retaliation apply even if the original complaint or charge was untimely or was found to lack merit when initiated by the same …
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
19-8067 Abdul Mohammed v. DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights counsel-appointment disability-rights due-process judicial-procedure medical-records mental-health reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act standing whether a Plaintiff with physical and mental disabilities in an Americans with Disabilities Act action need to reveal all his/her medical and mental h…
19-7941 Jane Doe v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act appellate-procedure civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process pro-se pro-se-litigation reasonable-accommodation standing Whether the Second Circuit violated the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by dismissing the appeal without ruling on the reasonable accommodation reques…
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…
19-549 Hannah P. v. Joseph Maguire, Acting Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights conduct conduct-based-termination disability disability-discrimination employment employment-discrimination employment-law reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether an employment decision that is based on conduct caused by a qualified individual's disability is insulated from scrutiny under the federal dis…
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…
19-252 Michael Adam Booth v. Nissan North America, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Relisted (2) ada-amendments ada-amendments-act-of-2008 americans-with-disabilities-act disability-definition judicial-precedent legislative-intent major-life-activity reasonable-accommodation rules-of-construction statutory-construction sutton-v-united-air-lines toyota-v-williams work-restrictions workplace-accommodation Whether the 2008 Amendment to the Americans Disability Act extends the definition of disability to permanent work restrictions precluding manual tasks
19-5680 Kenneth Taylor Curry v. Vancouver Housing Authority, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-22 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech goldberg-hearing hearsay housing-authority housing-choice-voucher reasonable-accommodation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction violence-threat Whether a Vancouver Housing Authority Hearings Officer without original subject matter jurisdiction is ultra vires and failed to provide a Goldberg pr…
18-9689 Robert Joseph King v. Robert R. Neall, Secretary, Maryland Department of Health, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP accessibility-law ada civil-rights disability-access disability-rights due-process equal-protection federal-buildings public-buildings public-facilities reasonable-accommodation Must State and Federal Buildings be required to provide readily and reasonable access to restroom facilities to those who have a physical disability?
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…
18-8896 Richard J. Volis v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights disability-discrimination disability-rights disparate-impact equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination protected-class public-housing reasonable-accommodation Whether the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' (HACLA) Administrative Plan required to accommodate all disabled voucher holders is unreason…
18-1139 BNSF Railway Company v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) ada ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-court-split disability discrimination employment employment-discrimination job-applicant job-applicant-rights job-duties medical-examination ninth-circuit reasonable-accommodation regarded-as regarded-as-disability Whether requiring an individualized medical examination as a condition of employment to determine whether a job applicant or employee can safely perfo…
18-8035 Loretta C. Adigun v. Express Scripts, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada ada-reasonable-accommodation,eeoc-right-to-sue,dis americans-with-disabilities-act eeoc eeoc-charge employment-discrimination prima-facie-case reasonable-accommodation right-to-sue social-security-administration Did Loretta C. Adigun neglect to satisfy the third prong of the prima facie case
18-1047 Crystal Wade v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response Waived disability-discrimination employment-law indefinite-leave medical-leave prima-facie-case qualified-individual reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act workers-compensation Whether a court of appeals ruling that denied a request for indefinite medical leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act underm…
18-7584 Pamela Marberry v. State Bar of California California 2019-01-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process employment equal-protection reasonable-accommodation standing takings Whether the state's denial of petitioner's request for a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act violated petitioner's cons…
18-7112 Brien O. Hill v. Associates for Renewal in Education, Inc. District of Columbia 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process employment hostile-work-environment reasonable-accommodation standing summary-judgment title-vii Whether the elements for the hostile work environment claim have been raised to a standard of violation of Title VII SEC. 2002e-2
18-567 Danny Snapp v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company Ninth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied ada ADA-interactive-process ada-reasonable-accommodation burden-of-proof civil-rights disability-discrimination employer-burden employment interactive-process jury-instruction jury-instructions reasonable-accommodation summary-judgment undue-hardship us-airways-v-barnett whether-employer-must-provide-interactive-process-instruction
18-6219 Melissa May v. Continental Towers Condominiums Association, et al. Kentucky 2018-10-04 Denied IFP access-to-justice accessibility civil-procedure civil-rights court-accommodation disability-discrimination due-process legal-procedure reasonable-accommodation self-representation standing Did the state of Kentucky not facilitate discrimination of Ms. May entirely, because of her disability?
18-416 JoAnn Hatch v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response Waived ada burden-of-proof civil-rights disability-discrimination non-discriminatory-reason reasonable-accommodation seniority-system summary-judgment Whether the trial court may disregard or ignore a party's sworn testimony concerning a material historical fact based upon contradictory inferences ar…
18-349 Darrell Patterson v. Walgreen Co. Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination hardison-v-twi reasonable-accommodation religious-accommodation title-vii undue-hardship Whether an accommodation that merely lessens or has the potential to eliminate the conflict between work and religious practice is 'reasonable' per se…
18-5920 Ronnie R. Rolland v. Carnation Building Services, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2018-09-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-estoppel misconduct-claims reasonable-accommodation retaliation standing subject-matter-jurisdiction termination Whether the appeals court ruling conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions on important matters and cannot survive application of the correct le…
18-5853 Dorothy Binns v. City of Marietta, Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 ada americans-with-disabilities-act due-process fair-housing-act housing-discrimination public-housing reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether the Lower Courts violated any of these or other pertinent Laws, or rules, Overlooked, misapplied, neglected or made any vital legal errors in …
18-224 Luke O. Pickens v. Brevard Police Testing and Selection Center Florida 2018-08-22 Denied Response Waived ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,civil-righ ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,public-pro ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-administration law-enforcement-training public-programs reasonable-accommodation Whether 42 USC §12132 bars a state agency from discriminating against a qualified individual, perceived by the agency as disabled, by excluding the in…
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…
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…