Read MELTON v. DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT, 04-10043

Defendant-transit service's practice of picking up plaintiff, who is disabled, on the street instead of the alley is not discrimination under the ADA or the Rehabilitation Act, and defendant is not required to make reasonable modification to its paratransit services.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2004
• Published 11/19/2004

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, JOLLY and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laurance L. Priddy (argued), M. Elise Mitchell, Advocacy Inc., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harold R. McKeever (argued), Dallas, Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.