· 3/3/1999
Carin Memmer v. Marin County Courts
Citations
- 169 F.3d 630
- 99 Daily Journal DAR 2063
- 9 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 106
- 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1596
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 3333
- 1999 WL 104739
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that it is the plaintiff’s “burden” to establish “the existence of specific reasonable accommodations that [the employer] failed to provide.”
- noting that accommodations must be 3 provided only “when the modifications are necessary to avoid discrimination on the basis 4 of disability.”
- noting that Ferguson had delimited the range of permissible options
- noting that Ferguson had delimited the range of permissible options
- holding plaintiff who was blind “failed to carry her burden of proof under the ADA” because she did not offer evidence that she evaluated the given accommodation to find it inadequate or evidence that the provided “reader” was “a less able or sufficient reader” than her preferred reader
- allegation that a municipal court violated a blind litigant’s ADA right by failing to provide special assistance during pre-trial preparation and during the trial itself
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Judges: Alarcon, O'Scannlain, Fernandez
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