Federal Judge: 7th Circuit Yet to Rule on Disability Discrimination Claims Against Police, Allows Suit to Proceed

“While defendants are correct that the Seventh Circuit has had an opportunity to hold that Title II applies to police encounters but has not done so, it likewise has not held that does not apply to police encounters, and instead resolved the case on other grounds,” U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso for the Northern District of Illinois said.

       

“While defendants are correct that the Seventh Circuit has had an opportunity to hold that Title II applies to police encounters but has not done so, it likewise has not held that does not apply to police encounters, and instead resolved the case on other grounds,” U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso for the Northern District of Illinois said.