[blindlaw] LSAC Held in Contempt of Consent Decree Regarding Accommodations

[Sai]

Possibly related: Caroline M. Mew, one of LSAC's outside counsel on
this case, no longer works for Norton Rose Fullbright, as of sometime
within the last two days.
Sincerely,
Sai
President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.


On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 4:08 PM, Sai <sai at fiatfiendum.org> wrote:
> Thanks for posting this. My thanks & congratulations to everyone
> involved in getting & enforcing the injunction.
>
> I've attached the actual order, together with all the briefs about the
> motion to hold in contempt (including the AFB et al* amicus).
>
> I've run them all through Adobe Acrobat OCR, since several were inaccessible.
>
> I haven't included the exhibits, nor the motion in limine about
> striking the ADA monitor's report, but can get them if anyone's
> interested.
>
>
> All the docs I have on it, including these, are publicly available
> here: <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzmetJxi-p0VaG9NekJvb2FuUFE>.
>
> That folder is more memorably reached at: <https://s.ai/archive> >
> issues > disability > ada and rehab act > case law > DFEH v LSAC.
>
>
> FWIW, I have a personal matter closely related to this on which I need
> pro bono appellate litigation counsel.
>
> If anyone's willing to help (or if you know someone who may be),
> please contact me offlist at my personal email, <legal at s.ai>.
>
> Sincerely,
> Sai
> President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.
>
>
> * The "AFB" amicus brief has a whole lot of co-signers. Here's the full list:
>
> - orgs
> American Foundation for the Blind
> Association on Higher Education And Disability
> Association of University Centers on Disabilities
> Center for Public Representation
> Disability Rights Bar Association
> Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
> Disability Rights New York
> Everyone Reading, Inc.
> Learning Disabilities Association of America
> National Association of Law Students with Disabilities
> National Federation of the Blind
> The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
>
> - individuals
> Karen Dahlman Ph.D.
> Robert Dinerstein, Prof.
> Paul Grossman, Prof.
> Elizabeth Hennessey-Severson
> Jo Anne Simon, P.C.
> Arlene Kanter, Prof.
> Brenda Cheryl Kaplan, Ph.D.
> Antoinette J. Lynn, Ph.D.
> Amy Margolis, Ph.D.
> Richard K. Neumann, Prof.
> Michael A. Schwartz, Prof.
> Alexandra Tucker, Esq.
> Jeanette Wasserstein, Ph.D.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 8:53 PM, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw
> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> LSAC has been held in contempt of the 2015 consent decree regarding revised procedures for accommodating test-takers with disabilities. The decree has been extended by two years. See the attachment for more information.
>>
>> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.