ADA Violation

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Eric Koty v. DuPage County, Illinois

Case No.: 17-3159

Officials: RIPPLE, KANNE, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.

Focus: ADA Violation

Eric Koty, a deputy in the DuPage County Sheriff’s Department, requested a different model of squad car. Notes from Koty’s physician indicated Koty should be given a squad car with more legroom, “like an SUV,” to accommodate a hip condition. The Department denied Koty’s requests. Koty then submitted EEOC complaints alleging the Department had discriminated against him in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Shortly thereafter, the Department reassigned Koty to court‐house duty, for which he would not need to drive a squad car. Koty then sued DuPage County alleging that the Department violated the ADA when it denied his request for an SUV and that the Department wrongfully retaliated against him for making the EEOC complaint. The district court found no such violations and granted summary judgment for the County. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Affirmed

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