Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2017
Closed Date: July 16, 2018
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This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s representation of a person who is deaf and who requested an interpreter so that he could participate on a grand jury. After he made the request for the interpreter, the court involuntary excused him from jury service.
On August 9, 2017, the Minnesota Disability Law Center, Minnesota’s P&A, filed this lawsuit on behalf of the plaintiff in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. MDLC claimed the State, the Judicial Branch, the Judicial Council, the State Court Administrator, and the Third Judicial District violated Athletic Association violated the ADA, Section 504 and the state’s human rights act when it deprived the plaintiff of the ability to participate in grand jury proceedings by dismissing him from those proceedings. The case was assigned to Judge Michael J. Davis and referred to Magistrate Judge Katherine M. Menendez.
The plaintiff was summoned for grand jury duty and the plaintiff, who is deaf, requested an interpreter so that he could participate in grand jury proceedings. The state court did not respond to the interpreter request but dismissed the plaintiff from grand jury participation. The plaintiff wanted to participate in the grand jury proceeding and filed the lawsuit for him to be able to participate.
The state defendants filed a motion to dismiss on October 2, 2017. On March 6, 2018, the court denied the Defendants’ motion to dismiss in part and allowed the ADA and Section 504 claims to proceed. The court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the state law claims based on sovereign immunity grounds. The court also dismissed only the plaintiff’s injunctive relief requests under the ADA and 504.
The parties settled and the state defendants stipulated to the dismissal of the case on July 16, 2018 and the court dismissed the case on the same day. The terms of the settlement are unknown to the Clearinghouse at this time.
The case is now closed.
Summary Authors
NDRN (6/12/2024)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7446488/parties/valimont-v-state-of-minnesota/
Davis, Michael James (Minnesota)
Macpherson, Roderick J (Minnesota)
Kimble, Janine Wetzel (Minnesota)
Landrum, Kathryn Iverson (Minnesota)
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Last updated Dec. 16, 2024, 5:42 p.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Minnesota
Case Type(s):
Public Benefits/Government Services
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 9, 2017
Closing Date: July 16, 2018
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
deaf individual
Attorney Organizations:
NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Defendant Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Issues
Disability and Disability Rights: