Duquette by and Through Duquette v. Dupuis

OPINION

DEVINE, Chief Judge.

This is a discrimination action under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (§ 504) wherein Jeffrey Duquette by his mother, Nancy Duquette, both individually and as a class representative, claims that the New Hampshire Medical Assistance Program (“NHMAP”) unlawfully discriminates against plaintiff solely on the basis of his handicap. Plain tiff contends that the NHMAP discriminates unlawfully by providing medical assistance under the medically needy program only to persons under eighteen years of age who are blind, while denying benefits to…