United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit against the U.S. Marshals Service under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 alleging plaintiff was unlawfully discharged due to her hearing impairment, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff could not demonstrate that she was disabled within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act or the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/16/2006
• Decided 06/26/2007
• Published 06/26/2007

Judges

• Before:  ALFRED T. GOODWIN, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edith J. Benay, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric Fleisig-Greene, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee.