BERKE v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

Civil Action No. 12-1347 (ESH).

942 F.Supp.2d 71 (2013)

Larry BERKE, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantinos G. Panagopoulos, Ballard Spahr LLP, Elizabeth Elaine Gardner, Ivy Ann Finkenstadt, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urba, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Tricia Dianne Francis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.

Plaintiff Larry Berke, a deaf individual, filed suit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") and Charles Samuels, Jr., in his official capacity as the Director of the BOP ("Defendants"), alleging that defendants discriminated against him in violation of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 790 et seq., by failing to adequately accommodate his deafness. On September 25, 2012,...

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