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Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers
Loaded on March 4, 2015
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2015, page 23
Filed under:
Parole Board Misconduct,
Disabled Prisoners,
Sex Offender Residence,
Limitations,
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Location:
California.
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers
by Derek Gilna
In a decision that displayed its displeasure with California parole officers’ disregard for both the spirit and statutory requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of an ADA Title ...
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