Legal Opinion
Berke v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 29, 2013No. Civil Action No. 2012-1347PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLEN SEGAL HUVELLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff Larry Berke, a deaf individual, filed suit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”) and Charles Samuels, Jr., in his official capacity as the Director of the BOP (“Defendants”), alleging that defendants discriminated against him in violation of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 790 et seq., by failing to adequately accommodate his deafness. On September 25, 2012, this Court granted in part plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction, ordering defendants to determine whether the videophone system requested by plaintiff…
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