Legal Opinion
Danny Fischer v. Minneapolis Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 8, 2015No. 14-2245PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Danny Fischer sued Minneapolis Public Schools (“MPS”) claiming that MPS violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Minnesota Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) by refusing to reinstate him as a Janitor Engineer. The district court 1 granted MPS’s motion for summary judgment. Fischer appeals this decision, and we affirm.
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This employment dispute began with MPS’s decision not to reinstate Danny Fischer as a Janitor Engineer after he failed a strength test. Fischer worked for MPS as a Janitor Engineer from March 2008 until July 2010. During this time, Fischer…
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