Legal Opinion
David Atkins v. Ken Salazar, Secretary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 13, 2011No. 10-60940UnpublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: **
Plaintiff-Appellant David Atkins, a law enforcement park ranger, was transferred to a staff ranger position based on the conclusion of a medical review board constituted by the National Park Service (an agency of the Department of the Interior) that his uncontrolled diabetes could prevent him from safely performing his duties. Atkins filed suit under the Rehabilitation Act, claiming that his transfer amounted to discrimination on the basis of his alleged disability. The litigation focused on Atkins’s challenge to the Department of the Interior’s affirmative defense that Atkins’s…
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