No. 18-224

Luke O. Pickens v. Brevard Police Testing and Selection Center

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2018-08-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,civil-righ ada-discrimination-perceived-disability,public-pro ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-administration law-enforcement-training public-programs reasonable-accommodation
Latest Conference: 2018-10-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether 42 USC §12132 bars a state agency from discriminating against a qualified individual, perceived by the agency as disabled, by excluding the individual from participating in a public law enforcement training and certification program, on the sole basis of the perceived disability?

Whether Florida's PCA Doctrine of Judicial Administration (based on the Florida Constitution, Article V), as applied, fails to provide Florida citizens equal protection guarantees under the 14th Amendment and due process protections under the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 42 USC §12132 bars a state agency from discriminating against a qualified individual, perceived by the agency as disabled, by excluding the individual from participating in a public law enforcement training and certification program, on the sole basis of the perceived disability?

Docket Entries

2018-10-15
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/12/2018.
2018-09-21
Waiver of right of respondent Brevard Police Testing and Selection Center to respond filed.
2018-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 21, 2018)

Attorneys

Brevard Police Testing and Selection Center
Clifford Raymond Repperger Jr.Rossway Swan Tierney Barry Lacey & Oliver, P.L., Respondent
Luke O. Pickens
Luke O. Pickens — Petitioner