Legal Opinion
Singh v. George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 4, 2007No. 06-7133, 06-7134PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Carolyn Singh was a medical student at George Washington University (“GW”) from 2000 until she was dismissed for academic reasons in 2003. Singh later sued GW, saying that it had violated the Americans "with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) by failing to accommodate her alleged learning disabilities.
Singh began her medical studies after a high school and undergraduate career that both parties describe as illustrious, despite Singh’s inferior performance — as she sees it — on timed multiple-choice tests as…
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