Legal Opinion

Brenda Brown v. City of Tucson, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Arizona

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 30, 2003No. 01-16938PublishedCited by 206 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

We must decide whether a city police department violated a detective’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Brenda Brown was a detective in the Tucson Police Department. 1 She was hired in May of 1982 and earned a promotion to detective in 1988. In May of 1997, Brown became severely depressed and attempted suicide, leading to her hospitalization and several weeks of medical leave soon thereafter. When Brown returned to work in July of 1997, the Department’s consulting clinical psychologist recommended that Brown not be required to work “call out” duty,…

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