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Qualified Immunity Granted for Pre-1996 ADA Violation

Loaded on April 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News April, 2000, page 27
Filed under: Deaf Prisoners, Parole, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Interpreters, Qualified Immunity, Mental Health, Sex Offender Treatment. Location: Michigan.
The court of appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it was not clearly established before 1996 that the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA), and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Rehabilitation Act), apply to state prisoners. As such, the court concluded that prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity for ADA ...

 

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