NAT. ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF v. FLORIDA

No. 18-12786.

980 F.3d 763 (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.

November 10, 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, Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran.

Amit Agarwal , Office of the Attorney General, Pam Bondi , Office of the Attorney General, Albert J. Bowden, III , Bowden Law Firm, LLC, Tallahassee, FL, Christopher John Baum , Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant State of Florida Department of Education.

Amit Agarwal , Office of the Attorney General, Albert J. Bowden, III , Bowden Law Firm, LLC, Tallahassee, FL, Christopher John Baum , Deputy Solicitor General, Attorney General's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants Florida State University Board of Trustees, John Thrasher.

Before MARTIN, TJOFLAT, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.


We vacate the opinion previously issued in this case on January 3, 2020. See Nat'l Ass'n of the Deaf v. Florida, 945 F.3d 1339 (11th Cir. 2020). This opinion is now issued in its stead.

Eddie Sierra, a resident of Florida, together with the National...

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