Government,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jul. 24, 2017
ADA accommodation for arrestees remains unclear
Pending more instructive precedent, the issue of ADA accommodation for arrestees poses a challenging and as yet insufficiently defined extension of Title II rights.
MUNICIPAL MATTERS
Police are called to respond to an elderly man standing atop a city’s bus bench, threatening bystanders with a bamboo rod and shouting about a zombie invasion. How an officer responds to the situation could trigger currently undefined Title II accommodation obligations for law enforcement, or even potential exposure for wrongful arrest if the officer misinterprets a mental illness disability as crimin...
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