Hollinrake v. Monroe County

SCHULTZ, Justice.

The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (academy) refused to train and certify a Monroe County Deputy Sheriff, plaintiff Edward J. Hollinrake, because his vision did not meet the academy’s standards for a peace officer. Plaintiff filed an action in district court against the academy and others not involved in this appeal, alleging a civil rights violation by the academy of employment discrimination based on disability. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. He received relief through a court order requiring the academy to train him in the basic program and, upon…