Legal Opinion
Bissell v. Reno
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 16, 1999No. Civ. AMD 97-1274PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DAVIS, District Judge.
The plaintiff, Mary Linda Bissell, a Caucasian woman who is dyslexic, worked from mid-1992 until her resignation in August 1995 as a Computer Operator/GS-6 at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in the Justice Management Division’s Computer Operations Department. She alleges claims under § 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972, 29 U.S.C. § 791, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
Specifically, Bissell alleges that from 1993 until she resigned, DOJ failed to accord her reasonable accommodation for her dyslexia disability in…
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