Legal Opinion
Butler v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 31, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-1410PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOP, United States District Judge
■Plaintiff Francis Butler, a longtime bus operator, alleges that his employer, .Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”), unlawfully kept him on unpaid leave because of his disabilities— sleep apnea and diabetes—in violation of the Rehabilitation Act. He also claims that, as a reasonable accommodation, WMATA should have reassigned him to a different, vacant position within the organization. WMATA responds that Butler was no longer medically qualified to operate buses, both because his blood-glucose levels were…
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