Derwin Patten, et al. v. District of Columbia
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration SocialSecurity ERISA DueProcess HabeasCorpus WageAndHour Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
1. Does a federal statute that requires an exhaustion of administrative remedies bar a public entity discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and a state antidiscrimination statute when the plaintiff files the discrimination claim in court without exhausting administrative remedies, but does so on the basis of the state's statutory waiver of its federal right to exhaust such remedies?
2. With its requirement for an exhaustion of administrative remedies, does the Randolph Sheppard Act preclude relief under the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and state antidiscrimination statutes for public entity discrimination against blind vendors and other disabled persons in the Randolph-Sheppard program?
Does a federal statute that requires an exhaustion of administrative remedies bar a public entity discrimination claim under the ADA, Rehabilitation-Act, state-antidiscrimination-statute when the plaintiff files the discrimination claim in court without exhausting administrative remedies, but does so on the basis of the state's statutory waiver of its federal right to exhaust such remedies?