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WRIGHT v. NEW YORK STATE DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Docket No. 15-3168-cv August Term, 2015.

831 F.3d 64 (2016)

Nathaniel WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Community Supervision, Anthony Annucci, Acting Commissioner of Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Charles Kelly, Jr., Superintendent; Marcy Correctional Facility, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 29, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSHUA T. COTTER , Legal Services of Central New York, Inc., Syracuse, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

KATE H. NEPVEU , Assistant Solicitor General ( Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General & Andrea Oser, Deputy Solicitor General, on the brief), for Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

CLIFF ZUCKER , Disability Advocates, Inc., Albany, NY, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: Winter, Hall, and Droney, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Nathaniel Wright, a mobility-impaired inmate who suffers from cerebral palsy and scoliosis, brought suit against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and certain of its officers (collectively, "DOCCS") under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"...

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