REED v. LEPAGE BAKERIES, INC.

No. 00-1966.

244 F.3d 254 (2001)

Manuella Dionisio REED, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LEPAGE BAKERIES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lemieux for appellant.

Peter Bennett, with whom Frederick B. Finberg and The Bennett Law Firm were on brief, for appellee.

Barbara L. Sloan, with whom C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel, Philip B. Sklover, Associate General Counsel, and Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, were on brief for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, amicus curiae.

Before BOUDIN, STAHL, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Manuella Reed was fired by LePage Bakeries for insubordination and threatening her supervisor. Reed says her conduct should be forgiven because she is mentally ill, disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act. She sues on the claim that her termination resulted from LePage's failure to reasonably accommodate her disability and hence was discriminatory. The district court granted summary judgment against Reed. Reed appeals...

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