ZIMMERMAN v. STATE, DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 97-36101.

170 F.3d 1169 (1999)

Scot L. ZIMMERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene B. Mayerson, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Inc., Berkeley, California; John L. Schilling, Blake & Schilling, L.L.P., Lake Oswego, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Denise G. Fjordbeck, Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, for the defendant-appellee.

Marie K. McElderry, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae United States.

Before: KOZINSKI, KLEINFELD, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff brought this action claiming, in part, that defendant's employment practices discriminated against him in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131, et seq. The district court dismissed the action, holding that Title II of the ADA does not apply to employment. Addressing this issue of first impression for the Ninth Circuit, we affirm.

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