U.S. District Court: HANDICAP ADA--Americans with Disabilities Act.

Parkinson v. Goord, 116 F.Supp.2d 390 (W.D.N.Y. 2000). A prison inmate who was missing a leg sued prison officials claiming violation of his Eighth Amendment rights and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) arising out of their alleged failure to accommodate his disability. The district court entered judgment for the officials. The court found that the officials were not deliberately indifferent to the inmate's needs where they had made...