PORTER v. ELLIS

No. 4:00-CV-129.

117 F.Supp.2d 651 (2000)

Todd A. PORTER, Plaintiff, v. Arthur E. ELLIS, Individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Michigan Department of Education, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

October 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel T. Field, Field & Field, PC, Kalamazoo, MI, for Todd A. Porter, plaintiff.

Denise Carole Barton, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Public Employment & Elections Division, Lansing, MI, for Arthur E. Ellis, Individually and in his capacity as Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Michigan Department of Education, defendant.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

In this federal question action, Plaintiff Todd A. Porter, a bus driver whose left leg was amputated below the knee, alleges that Defendant Arthur E. Ellis, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Michigan Department of Education, has violated Plaintiff's rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the ADA by refusing to allow Porter to continue in his employment as a public school bus driver. Before this...

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