CARTER v. BENNETT

No. 87-5098.

840 F.2d 63 (1988)

Harold E. CARTER, Appellant, v. William BENNETT, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1988.

As Amended February 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. McGann, Arlington, Va., for appellant.

Daniel Bensing, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth (at the time the brief was filed) and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., and William Haubert, Atty., Dept. of Educ., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, BORK, Circuit Judge, and GASCH, Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Harold E. Carter brought this action against the Department of Education (DOE or Department) in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Carter alleged that the Department did not reasonably accommodate his handicap (blindness) as required by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and that it retaliated against him for filing an Equal Employment Opportunity...

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