United States Eleventh Circuit

A disabled applicant for a transportation security screening position cannot sue the Department of Homeland Security for violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as the Aviation and Transportation Security Act exempts the Transportation Security Administration from certain requirements of the Rehabilitation Act with regard to employment of security screeners.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/22/2006
• Published 12/22/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BARKETT and COX, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robin I. Cohen, Daniel R. Levine, Shapiro, Blasi & Wasserman, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, for Castro.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anne Murphy, William Kanter, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Anne R. Schultz, Lisette M. Reid and Carol E. Herman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.