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DUFFY v. RIVELAND

Nos. 94-35191, 94-35444.

98 F.3d 447 (1996)

Sean G. DUFFY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chase RIVELAND, Secretary of Washington State Department of Corrections, James Spalding, Director, Kenneth Ducharme, Superintendent, John Ahlsted, Corrections Sergeant, Peggy Williams, Clerk/Typist, Jerry Sorenson, Corrections Officer, Frances Linder, Corrections Officer, Defendants-Appellees. Sean G. DUFFY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Craig YOST, Classification Counselor, William Woodly, Corrections Unit Supervisor, David Karton, Corrections Sergeant, Linda Willenberg, Corrections Program Manager, Kenneth Ducharme, Superintendent, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Feldman, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marc P. Charmatz, National Association of the Deaf Law Center, Silver Spring, MD, of counsel for plaintiff-appellant.

Daniel J. Judge and Douglas W. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, Olympia, WA, for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, POOLE and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges.

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

I. OVERVIEW

Appellant Sean Duffy, a deaf Washington state prisoner, appeals two separate district court's grants of summary judgment in favor of various state prison officials (collectively "the Appellees") and the dismissal of his actions brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. ("ADA"); the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 (...

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