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· 4/10/2006

Scott E. Scheerer v. John Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service

Citations

  • 443 F.3d 916
  • 17 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1345
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 8680
  • 2 Accom. Disabilities Dec. (CCH) 12
  • 2006 WL 905937

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “intermittent disrupted sleep” is not a substantial limitation
  • holding that “intermittent disrupted sleep” is not a substantial limita- tion
  • stating that a plaintiff who had diabetic foot ulcers that caused him to “rel[y] on a cumber- some protective boot” and who experienced “intermittent episodes of significant neuropathy” still generally was able to walk and stand, and thus was not substantially limited
  • “Even if he could provide such evidence, Scheerer fails to explain in what fashion the Postal Service could reasonably accommodate his diabetes in the context of symptoms of sexual dysfunction.”
  • both citing sleep as an example of a major life activity
  • applying the Williams standard to the life activity of walking

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Flaum, Rovner, Williams

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