SINAPI v. RHODE ISLAND BD. OF BAR EXAMINERS

Nos. 16-2251, 16-2261.

910 F.3d 544 (2018)

Anthony E. SINAPI, Plaintiff, Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS; David A. Wollin, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Mellissa K. Burnett Testa, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Member of the Ri Board of Bar Examiners; Marc B. Decof, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Thomas Dickinson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Carly B. Iafrate, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Deborah M. Tate, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Adam M. Ramos, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Michael A. St. Pierre, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Michael A. Ursillo, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners; Cynthia Wilson-Frias, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners, Defendants, Appellants, Cross-Appellees, C. Leonard O'Brien, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Member of the RI Board of Bar Examiners, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 11, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Field , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Rebecca Tedford Partington , Assistant Attorney General, was on brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Richard A. Sinapi , Warwick, RI, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges, and Ponsor, District Judge.


Anthony Sinapi, an individual with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety, sought certain accommodations to assist him in taking the Rhode Island bar exam. The Rhode Island Board of Bar Examiners (the Board) denied his request and, on review, the Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court denied...

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