Blevins v. Town of Brighton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DAVID BLEVINS, Plaintiff, DECISION AND ORDER 24-CV-6080-MAV TOWN OF BRIGHTON, Defendant. Plaintiff David Blevins is a deaf individual whose primary mode of communication is American Sign Language (“ASL”). On February 12, 2022, Blevins was subject to a traffic stop by an officer of Defendant Town of Brighton’s police department, and subsequently arrested and taken to the Town’s police station. Blevins was not given access to a live or remote ASL interpreter either during the traffic stop or while at the police station. In February 2024,…