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Deaf Michigan Prisoner's ADA/RA Suit Survives Dismissal Challenge
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2003, page 20
A Michigan District Court has granted in part and denied in part Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) officials' motion to dismiss a state prisoner's suit against MDOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12101, et. seq., and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794. Prior rulings in this …
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