ADA Title II Update-2017-18 Mid-Atlantic ADA Center Update - PDF document

8/29/2018 ADA Title II Update-2017-18 Mid-Atlantic ADA Center Update September 6, 2018 Prof. Robert Dinerstein Sovereign Immunity • Havens v. Colorado Dep’t of Corrections , 2018 WL 35080861 (10 th Cir. 7-26-18) • Arce v. Louisiana , 2017 WL 5619376 (ED LA 11-21-17) • Panzer-Senzer v. NYS OPWDD ,2017 WL 5129023 (SDNY 11-3-17) • Reininger v. Oklahoma , 292 F. Supp. 3d 1254 (WD OK 2017) • Rondini v. Bunn , 2018 WL 317713 (ND AL 1-8-18) • Stansell v. Grafton Correctional Institute , 2018 WL 971838 (ND OH 2- 20-18) 1

8/29/2018 Sovereign Immunity, con’t . • Oliver v VA Board of Bar Examiners , 2018 WL 1960538 (ED VA, 4-26- 18) • Dobney v. Klunder , 2018 WL 2090753 (D SD, 3-28-18) Standard for Discrimination/Qualified Individual • Lacy v. Cook County, IL , 2018 WL 3617603 (7 th Cir. 7-30-18) (inaccessible ramps/baths at courthouse: deliberate indifference standard to show intentional discrimination) • Wood v. MD Dep’t of Transportation , 2018 WL 2095229 (4 th Cir., 5-7- 18) (not qualified individual re renewal of driver’s license) • Bacewic v Hassel , 2018 WL 3548764 (ND IN, 7-24-18) (placement in solitary confinement not actionable because not solely based on disability) • Handicap Disabled of CNY ‘No Justice’ v. Domenico , 2018 WL 3213271 (NDNY, 6-29-18) (permit issuance; not shown based on disability- based animus) 2

8/29/2018 Vicarious Liability/Standing • Fortin v. Hollis School District , 2017 WL 4157065 (D NH, 9-18- 17)(vicarious liability/respondeat superior) • Aaron Private Clinic Management, LLC v. Berry , 2017 WL 556582 (ND GA, 11-16-17)(associational/representational standing) Relationship between Titles I and II • Positano v. Pa Dep’t of Corrections ,, 2018 WL 3495098 (MD PA, 7-20- 18)(discrimination in prison vocational program not considered employment discrimination — relationship between Titles I and II) • Rachel Eta Hill v. Shakopee Midewakanton Sioux Community , 2017 WL 96722392 (D MN, 10-12-17)(reject Title II and III claim as essentially Title I employment discrimination claim) • Mayorga v. Washington , 2018 WL 1792195 (WD WA, 4-16-18)(9 th Circuit does not permit employment discrimination claims under Title II) 3

8/29/2018 “Services, programs, or activities” • Haberle v. Troxell, 885 F. 3d 170 (3d Cir. 2018)(failure to train police officers not actionable unless it leads to denial of reasonable accommodation or improper discrimination) • Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc. v. Michigan Dep’t of Transportation , 2017 WL 5132912 (ED MI, 11-6-17)(sidewalks) • Rondini v. Bunn , 2018 WL 317713 (ND AL 1-8-18)( supra )(health services) • Barrilleux v. Mendocino County, 2018 WL 3585133 (ND CA, 7-26- 18)(provision of public bathrooms in county courthouse is service, program, or activity) Services, programs, or activities,” con’t . • Stansell v Grafton Correctional Institution, 2018 WL 3570003 (ND OH, 7-25-18) (facility and design features not service, program, or activity) • Raquino v. Hawaii, 2018 WL 3405400 (D HAW, 7-12-18)(dismiss complaint for raising neither wrongful arrest on basis of disability or failure to accommodate) • Daniels v. Leslie, 2018 WL 3216240 (ED MI, 7-2-18)(assuming Title II applies to arrests, inmate with epilepsy’s claim fails because, although he no longer needs to show exclusion based solely on disability he did not show animus toward disability was significant factor) 4

8/29/2018 Services, programs, or activities,” con’t . • Marble v. Tennessee, 2018 WL 2739372 (MD TN, 6-7-18)(assume without deciding that activities of child welfare agencies are covered; dismiss based on insufficient evidence of animus) • Brown v. South Carolina, 2018 WL 3215643 (D SC, 5-22-18)(probate court prohibition of alcohol consumption addresses personal activity and is not public program under Title II) Who is an appropriate Title II defendant? • No individual liability in state official’s individual capacity: • Lauren v. Montana State University, 2018 WL 615688 (D MO, 1-29-18) • Wainright v. Medical Dept Cuyahoga County Correctional Center, 2018 WL 3537122 (ND OH 7-23-18) (also, isolated instances of failure to accommodate do not state a claim) • Bozeman v. Santoro 2018 WL 3532909 (ED CA, 7.-23-18) • Elston v. Collins, 2018 WL 3489591 (ED MO, 7-19-18) 5

8/29/2018 Who is an appropriate Title II defendant? • Private attorneys, actors, businesses not public entities • Bright v. Wilson, 2018 WL 3543049 (ED TN, 7-23-18)(private attorney) • Bunnel v. Brown , 2018 WL 3040893 (D OR, 6-19-18)(Oregon State Bar, private attorney, state-licensed mental health providers) • Shaw v. Cherokee Meadows, L.P., 2018 WL 2770200 (ND OK, 6-8-18)(private company with contractual/business relationship with public entity) • Larson v. Michigan Dep’t of Corrections, 2018 WL 2717493 (ED MI, 6 -5- 18)(private healthcare provider) Reasonable Accommodations • Windham v. Harris County, TX , 875 F 3d 229 (5 th Cir. 2017)(arrestee could not demonstrate deputy knew of his disability, nor did he clearly request a reasonable accommodation) • Wainright v. Medical Dept Cuyahoga County Correctional Center, supra. 6

8/29/2018 Relationship between Title II claims and exhaustion requirements of IDEA (post- Fry ) • Cordero v. Picayune School District , 2018 WL 3213145 (SD MS, 6-29- 18)(failure to provide ASL to hard-of-hearing child; because FAPE implicated, needed to exhaust IDEA remedies per Fry ) • M.C. v. Knox County Board of Education , 2018 WL 2746014 (ED TN, 6- 7-18)(mixed Olmstead claim; even if Olmstead applies to schools, plaintiff did not show student was at “serious risk” of separate schooling) • K.M. v. Techachapi Unified School District , 2018 WL 2096326 (ED CA, 5-7-18)(failure to provide access to ABA therapist not subject to IDEA exhaustion, especially when ALJ dismissed ADA and Rehab Act claims) Statute of Limitations • Prasad v. Berger, 2018 WL 2088749 (ED VA, 5-4-18)(ADA borrows SOL from most analogous state law, here VA Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, which has one year SOL) 7

8/29/2018 Auxiliary Aids and Services • Title III Case with Interesting Analysis: McGann v. Cinemark USA, Inc., 873 F. 3d 218 (3d Cir. 2017)(tactile interpretation is reasonable accommodation; remand for determination of undue burden) DOJ Settlement Agreements • Olmstead • U.S. v. Louisiana – 3:18-cv-608 – (M.D. LA. 2018)(6-6-18)(persons with serious mental illness in nursing homes) • Other • Hardin County Emergency Medical Services Settlement Agreement (3-28- 18)(service animal in hospital transport) • Louisiana State Penitentiary Settlement Agreement (11-14-17)(architectural barriers) • Monroe County, Illinois Settlement Agreement (2-16-18)(accessible polling places) 8

8/29/2018 DOJ Settlement Agreements, con’t . • Other, con’t . • Philadelphia Police Department Settlement Agreement (8-2-18)(failure to provide effective communication to deaf and hard of hearing individuals) • Washington State Health Care Authority Settlement Agreement (6-2- 18)(improving procedures for providing sign language interpreters for Medicaid appointments) DOJ Complaints • City and County of Denver ( filed 5-15-18) (failure to provide reasonable accommodations for deputy sheriff who was insulin- dependent) 9

8/29/2018 Thank you • Contact information: Professor Robert Dinerstein American University, Washington College of Law 4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Y-202 Washington, DC 20016 (202) 274-4141 rdiners@wcl.american.edu 10