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JACOBS v. N.C. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS

No. 13-2212.

780 F.3d 562 (2015)

Christina Lynn JACOBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. N.C. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS; Jan Kennedy, in her official capacity as New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court, Defendants-Appellees, and Brenda Tucker, New Hanover County Clerk of Superior Court; Melissa Griffin; Debra Excell, Defendants. The National Disability Rights Network; National Alliance on Mental Illness North Carolina; The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; Mental Health America; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Amici Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Vanessa Katherine Lucas , Edelstein & Payne, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Kathryn Hicks Shields , North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lisa Grafstein , Mercedes Restucha-Klem , Disability Rights North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Roy Cooper , North Carolina Attorney General, Grady L. Balentine, Jr. , Special Deputy Attorney General, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Brian East , Disability Rights Texas, Austin, Texas, for Amici Curiae.

Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion, in which Judge KEENAN and Judge HARRIS joined.

Christina Jacobs worked as a deputy clerk at a courthouse in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Although she allegedly suffered from social anxiety disorder, her employer assigned her to provide customer service at the courthouse front counter. Believing that her mental illness hindered her ability to perform this inherently...

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