McDonough v. Donahoe’s Empirical Analysis
673 F.3d 41 · 2012
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 12 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 705 · 29 U.S.C. § 794 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Relies on Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams · Brown v. Trustees of Boston University · Gillen v. Fallon Ambulance Service, Inc. · Ruiz Rivera v. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, LLC · Vineberg v. Bissonnette
Most-quoted passages
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“having a disability. The District Court determined, however, that Rivera had failed to put forth evidence that permitted a reasonable factfinder to determine that he was disabled within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act on any of the grounds for so determining,6 and so had failed to establish the first element of a prima facie case. Rivera-Velázquez, 2022 WL 993643 , at –19. On that basis, the District Court granted summary judgment to the Administrator on all of Rivera's non-retaliation-based Rehabilitation Act claims. Reviewing de novo, while considering”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because the first step in any claim under the Rehabilitation Act is establishing a disability covered by the Act and McDonough has 4Although Rivera, as an employee of a federal agency, brings his claims under the Rehabilitation Act rather than the Americans with Disabilities Act (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[n]o otherwise qualified individual with a disability . . . shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, . . . be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity . . . conducted by - 12 - any Executive agency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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