DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. BERGMAN

No. 5D04-2257.

890 So.2d 281 (2004)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Petitioner, v. Barry BERGMAN, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Order Denying Rehearing January 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara K. Cunningham, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Barry Bergman, Palm Bay, pro se.


PLEUS, J.

The Department of Corrections seeks certiorari review of an order of the circuit court requiring it to pay for a deaf interpreter to assist respondent Barry Bergman, who is hearing impaired, during his court ordered sex offender probation. The Department argues that there is no statutory authority to require it to pay for the accommodation. Instead, the Department argues that under the Americans with Disabilities Act the sex offender treatment provider,...

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