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State Prisons Subject to RA & ADA
Loaded on April 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1995, page 12
State Prisons Subject to RA & ADA
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Medical,
Obesity,
Toilets,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Rehabilitation Act,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Virginia.
Anthony Torcasio is an extremely obese Virginia state prisoner who is 5' 7" tall, weighs over 460 pounds and has a girth of 78" . He filed suit under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 claiming that his obesity is a disability that ...
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