No. 21-570

Ralph Keller v. Chippewa County Board of Commissioners, et al.

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-10-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-discrimination discrimination due-process individualized-assessment medical-devices reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Lower Courts err in failing to recognize the discrimination against Petitioner, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities and Rehabilitation Acts, based on Respondents' arbitrary confiscation and retention of Petitioner's long used and needed accommodations (his prosthetic leg and handheld rescue inhaler) for his undisputed disabilities, based on a blanket policy of jail seizure at booking, with no individual assessment or consideration of the Petitioner's needs and any safety or health risk if Petitioner were allowed to retain these items.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Lower Courts err in failing to recognize the discrimination against Petitioner, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities and Rehabilitation Acts

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-16
Brief of respondents Chippewa County Board of Commissioners, et al. in opposition filed.
2021-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2021)

Attorneys

Chippewa County Board of Commissioners, et al.
Douglas James CurlewCummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C., Respondent
Ralph Keller
Frank G. BeckerFrank G. Becker & Associates, Petitioner