[Nfbk] Fw: [Blindtlk] More Good News In Enyart

[Nickie Pearl]

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From: David Andrews
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:41 PM
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Subject: [Blindtlk] More Good News In Enyart


>From: "Scott C. LaBarre" <slabarre at labarrelaw.com>
>To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:20:01 -0600
>Subject: [blindlaw] More Good News In Enyart
>
>Greetings, as most know, we were victorious in
>getting the Supreme Court to deny the National
>Conference of Bar Examiner's Petition for a Writ
>of Certiorari on October 4th.  This kept in
>place the 9th Circuit's decision issued on
>January 4th of this year that an entity such as
>NCBE must offer the accommodations to a test
>taker with a disability that best ensure that
>the exam measures the individual's apptitudes
>and abilities rather than their disability.  In
>Stephanie's case, this meant that NCBE was
>ordered to provide the Multistate Bar Exam and
>Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam on a
>computer with assistive technology.  This
>portion of the litigation tied back to U.S.
>District Court Judge Charles Breyer's original
>grant of a preliminary injunction ordering the accommodations.
>
>After the 9th Circuit victory, we moved for
>summary judgment  on Stephanie's claims and
>asked the Court to issue a permanent injuction
>ordering the accommodations.  I am very pleased
>to say that  today, Judge Breyer granted summary
>judgment in our favor.  Attached you will find
>an accessible pdf of the decision.  Through this
>whole time, Stephanie has been represented by
>myself, Brown, Goldstein, and Levy of Baltimore,
>and Disability Rights Advocates of Berkley.
>Best,
>Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
>
>LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
>1660 South Albion Street, Ste. 918
>Denver, Colorado 80222
>303 504-5979 (voice)
>303 757-3640 (fax)
>slabarre at labarrelaw.com (e-mail)
>www.labarrelaw.com (website)
>
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