Matthew Barnett v. Wendy Kelley

Matthew Barnett, currently incarcerated at the Grimes Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), appeals following the district court’s 1 adverse grant of judgment on the pleadings. Barnett brought this pro se action against the ADC and various ADC employees, asserting violations of the Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA). He alleged that from January 2015 until November 2016 he was denied consideration for the ADC’s work-release program because he suffers from…