Legal Opinion
Robert Furgess v. PA Dept of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 8, 2019No. 18-1758PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoth, Circuit Judge
Robert Furgess, an inmate in a Pennsylvania state prison, suffers from a disability and was unable to take a shower for three months because the prison staff did not provide him with a handicapped-accessible shower facility. He subsequently brought claims against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (RA). Both the ADA and the RA require public entities, including state prisons, to provide, in all of their programs, services, and activities, a reasonable accommodation to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. YeskeySupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- United States v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Jaros v. Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- McTernan v. City of York, Penn.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
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