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Goodall v. New York State Dept. of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS)

9:19-cv-01359 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

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DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
O'Hanlon v. Uber

2:19-cv-00675 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 11, 2019

Case Ongoing

On June 11, 2019, four individuals with mobility disabilities filed this class-action lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc. and two of its subsidiaries in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Represented by Disability Rights Advocates and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that Uber discriminated against individuals with mobility disabilities by failing to provide wheelchair accessible vehicles ("WAVs") in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Colorado's Long-Term Care System

No Court

Filed Date: March 3, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case concerned a DOJ investigation into Colorado's use of nursing homes to provide long-term care for persons with physical disabilities. Specifically, the investigation looked into the state’s compliance with the ADA as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), which required public entities to administer services to individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. The DOJ opened its investigation on November 20, 201…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Settlement Agreement Between United States of America and Louisiana Tech University

DJ #204-33-116 | No Court

Filed Date: 2013

Closed Date: 2018

A blind college student at Louisiana Technical University ("Louisiana Tech") filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice against Louisiana Tech alleging that he was discriminated against based on his disability, in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132. Specifically, the student alleged that his instructor at Louisiana Tech, a public institution, adopted an inaccessible internet-based application called MyOML…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
In re Colorado Peace Officers Standards and Training Board

DJ# 205-13-19 | No Court

Filed Date: 2008

Closed Date: 2011

A disabled Colorado Peace Officer candidate brought a complaint to the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice alleging that the State of Colorado's Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (POST Board) violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying him reasonable accommodations on a written exam to certification exam.On March 19, 2008, the United States and the POST Board entered into a three-year settlement…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
In re The National Board of Medical Examiners

DJ# 202-16-181 | No Court

Filed Date: 2011

Closed Date: Feb. 23, 2014

A medical student with dyslexia filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) violated Title III the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAA) and its implementing regulation in NBME's administration of United States Medical Licensing Examine (USMLE). Specifically, the student alleged that the USME improperly found that he did not prove that he had a disability within the meaning of the ADA…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and the Law School Admission Council

DJ# 202-39-97 | No Court

Filed Date: 2011

Closed Date: 2011

Sometime during or after October, 2009, a person ("complainant") with a learning disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and hypertonia (a disability that limits the ability of affected person to move) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice for the District of Minnesota against the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 42 U.S.C. 12189 and its implementing regulations 28 C.F.R. 36.309. The complainant alleged that…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
DOJ and National Federation of the Blind Settlement with Sacramento Public Library Authority

DJ #204-11E-387 | No Court

Filed Date: 2012

Closed Date: 2015

In 2011, the National Federation of the Blind brought to the attention of the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (DOJ) that the Sacramento Public Library Authority had acquired and was lending to its patrons Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader devices. The devices were totally inaccessible to the blind and to individuals with print disabilities; they lacked any text-to-speech output and the ability to output to a braille display. Alternative devices usable by both blind and sig…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
United States and Yakima County Agreement

Not filed | No Court

Filed Date: 2015

Closed Date: July 20, 2018

The United States Attorney General’s Office and Yakima County, Washington, reached a settlement agreement to improve the County’s adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in June of 2015. Based on a review of Yakima County’s programs, services, activities, and facilities, the United States determined that people with disabilities were being excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of many of those programs, services, activities, and facilities because of their disab…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
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J.S. v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERBlind and Visual Impairments

1:20-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

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