Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Thu 10 SepCASE

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ADOM V. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION

— STAFF
Finally, we hold that a public entity is not excused from its obligation to provide a reasonable accommodation solely because it determined the accommodation is not medically necessary or indicated.

9th Cir. · reversed

Whether a prison's finding that incontinence supplies are not medically necessary excuses its duty to accommodate under ADA Title II.

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10969123/adom-v-california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation/