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ALLMOND v. AKAL SEC., INC.

No. 07-15561.

558 F.3d 1312 (2009)

Wilbur ALLMOND, a.k.a. Gene Allmond, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AKAL SECURITY, INC., Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Butler, Butler & Harris, Houston, TX, Janet E. Hill, Hill & Beasley, LLP, Athens, GA, John W. Griffin, Marek, Griffin & Knaupp, Victoria, TX, for Allmond.

Katherine A. Goetzl, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Eric Fleisig-Greene, Marleigh D. Dover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, Kurt Peterson, Littler Mendelson, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Daniel B. Kohrman, AARP Found. Lit., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, AARP.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BLACK and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Wilbur Allmond appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Akal Security Inc. and the Attorney General on his discrimination claims under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Believing that the affirmative business-necessity defense applies here, we affirm the judgment.

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