BLANKS v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 02-10089. Summary Calendar.

310 F.3d 398 (2002)

Albenjamin BLANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., individually and doing business as Southwestern Bell, doing business as SBC Operations, Inc., doing business as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, individually and doing business as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company of Texas, doing business as Southwestern Bell Services, doing business as Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, doing business as Southwestern Bell, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Elizabeth Ferris Knouse, Law Office of Knouse & Knouse, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Darrell L. Guy, SBC Telecommunications, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, who is HIV positive, alleges that his former employer, Southwestern Bell ("SWB"), failed to accommodate him as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"). 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Appellant further alleges that appellee constructively discharged him from the company. The district court found that, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the appellant, there was no triable issue of fact...

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