NAT. ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF v. FLORIDA

No. 18-12786.

945 F.3d 1339 (2020)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF, Eddie I. Sierra, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. State of FLORIDA, The Florida Senate, the Honorable Bill Galvano, in his official capacity as President of the Florida Senate, The Florida House of Representatives, the Honorable Jose Oliva, in his official capacity as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Florida State University Board of Trustees, the public body corporate acting for and behalf of Florida State University, John Thrasher, in his official capacity as President of Florida State University, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan Courtney Cunningham , J. Courtney Cunningham, PLLC, Miami, FL, Marc Charmatz , National Association of the Deaf Law and Advocacy Center, Silver Spring, MD, Michael Steven Stein , Mary C. Vargas , Stein & Vargas LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Martin Barry Goldberg , Lorelei J. Van Wey , Jonathan L. Williams , Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants Florida Senate, Joe Negron, in his official capacity as President of the Florida Senate, Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran, in his official capacity as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.

Amit Agarwal , Pam Bondi, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Christopher John Baum , Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office, Miami, FL, Albert J. Bowden, III , Edward Mark Wenger , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellants State of Florida Department of Education, Florida State University Board of Trustees, the public body corporate acting for and on behalf of Florida State University, John Thrasher, in his official capacity as President of Florida State University.

Before MARTIN, TJOFLAT, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


Eddie Sierra, a resident of Florida, together with the National Association of the Deaf brought suit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against several Florida entities and officials. They challenge Defendants' failure to provide captioning for live and archived...

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