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New Hampshire Prisoner’s ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2007, page 41
New Hampshire Prisoner's ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Muscular,
Excessive Force,
Restraints,
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Location:
New Hampshire.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a New Hampshire federal district court's summary judgment order concluding that a prisoner failed to demonstrate that prison officials violated his rights under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
While imprisoned ...
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