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TITLE I | TITLE II | TITLE III | SECTION 504
Statement of Interest supporting plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment regarding the applicability of title II of the ADA to defendants' operation and regulation of New York City taxicabs in failing to ensure that the city's iconic taxicab fleet is accessible to individuals with mobility disabilities who use wheelchairs.(10/17/11) PDF format | Word
Statement of Interest of the United States in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment - re: Olmstead enforcement and public entity's obligation to administer its program of long-term care services for persons with disabilities in a manner that does not unnecessarily confine them to segregated nursing facilities. (10/3/11) PDF format | Word
Statement of Interest of the United States in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: obligation of public schools to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures to permit students to use service animals in school and provide assistance to children with disabilities using service animals. (6/10/11) PDF format | Word
United States Amicus Brief in Support of Appellant argues that the district court failed to apply the correct legal standards in analyzing whether defendant complied with the Rehabilitation Act's FAPE and general non-discrimination requirements, and that under the Supremacy Clause a school district may not avoid its obligations under federal law even if compliance might violate state law. (6/7/11) PDF format | Word
United States Amicus Brief in Support of Defendant argues that when a state law directly conflicts with the ADA, the state law must be interpreted in a way that complies with the ADA. (5/11/11) PDF format | Word
United States' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment – re: discriminatory zoning standard for residential substance abuse treatment facilities. (4/15/11) PDF format | Word Statement of Interest of the United States' in Opposition to the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss – re: EPSDT Provisions of the Medicaid Act, Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to provide medically necessary, mental health services to children with serious emotional or behavioral disorders to correct or ameliorate their conditions and to prevent harmful and unnecessary institutionalization. (4/8/11) PDF format | Word Statement of Interest of the United States in Opposition to the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment– re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of the State to serve individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate and decline to take action that will cause them to move to segregated facilities. (4/7/11) PDF format | Word United States Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment– re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of the State to provide community-based services to persons with disabilities. (4/4/11) PDF format | Word Statement of Interest of the United States' in Opposition to the Defendant's Motion to Vacate Consent Decree – re: EPSDT Provisions of the Medicaid Act, and obligation of State to ensure that medically necessary health services are provided to Medicaid-eligible children and to prevent harmful and unnecessary institutionalization. (2/18/11) PDF format | Word United States' Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: Olmstead enforcement and obligation of State to ensure that abrupt statewide cuts to Medicaid personal care services do not place individuals at risk of institutionalization. (1/26/11) PDF format | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in connection with the Parties’ Cross Motions for Summary Judgment – re: Olmstead enforcement and obligation of State to serve individuals with disabilities in community placements, rather than unjustifiably institutionalizing them in nursing homes. (12/20/10) PDF format | Word United States' Statement of Interest re: Missouri’s policy of limiting medically necessary, Medicaid-funded incontinence supplies to adults in nursing homes while refusing to provide them to adults with disabilities living in the community, placing them at risk of institutionalization in violation of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. (10/19/10) PDF format | Word
United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: Paul Boyd, a 34 year old man with quadriplegia who is currently living in a nursing home but desires and is able to receive services in a more integrated setting. (10/12/10) PDF format | Word United States' Statement of Interest re: public entities' obligation to ensure equal access and integrated emergency management planning and preparations for persons with disabilities under Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. (10/8/10) PDF format | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: Olmstead enforcement and state’s obligation to provide services necessary to prevent further hospitalization and institutionalization of individuals with mental illness. (10/06/10) PDF format | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to serve individuals with disabilities in community placements, rather than first requiring that the individual enter a segregated setting in order to receive community-based services. (9/14/10) PDF format | Word Memorandum of Law in Support of United States’ Motion to Intervene (9/10/10) PDF format | Word United States’ Comment in Support of Final Approval of Parties’ Jointly Submitted Consent Decree – re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to move persons with disabilities from segregated facilities and into community placements. (8/10/10) PDF format | Word
United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction -- re: Olmstead Enforcement and a Public Entity’s Obligation to Maintain Outpatient Mental Health Services To Avoid Placing Individuals at Risk of Institutionalization. (7/19/10) PDF format | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification -- re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of the State to serve individuals with disabilities in community placements by administering Medicaid waiver programs in compliance with integration mandate. (7/16/10) PDF format | Word Memorandum of Law as Amicus Curiae regarding correctional officials' obligations toward prisoners with disabilities under title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, including the obligation to house inmates with mobility disabilities in accessible cells; ensure access for inmates with disabilities to all prison programs, activities, and services; and provide disability-related medical care, assistance, equipment, and supplies. (6/21/10) PDF format | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Preliminary Approval of Parties’ Jointly Submitted Consent Decree – re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to move persons with disabilities from segregated facilities and into community placements. (5/25/10) PDF format | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to serve individuals with disabilities in community placements, rather than first requiring that the individual enter a segregated setting in order to receive community-based services. (5/25/10) PDF format | Word
United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to serve individuals with disabilities in community placements and decline to take action that will cause them to be moved to segregated facilities. (2/17/10) PDF format | Word Perfect | Word United States’ Statement of Interest in Support of Preliminary Approval of Parties’ Jointly Submitted Consent Decree – re: Olmstead Enforcement and obligation of State to move persons with disabilities from segregated facilities and into community placements. (1/26/10) PDF format | Word Perfect | Word
United States’ Memorandum as Amicus Curiae in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss -- re: title II of the ADA, zoning (special land use permit), ripeness (exhaustion of state administrative remedies), and abstention by Federal District Courts. (1/11/10) PDF format | Word Perfect | Word
Statement of Interest of the United States – opposing defendant's motion to dismiss and arguing that plaintiffs' lawsuit, which alleges that Netflix violated title III of the ADA by failing to provide closed captioning on the video programs offered through its streaming service, should not be dismissed because (1) the Federal Communication Commission does not have primary jurisdiction over such claims, and (2) plaintiffs have standing to sue under the ADA. (10/3/11) PDF format | Word
Statement of Interest of the United States in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction – re: obligation of testing entities to provide appropriate auxiliary aids and services for examinations subject to Section 309 of the ADA to best ensure that the examination results accurately reflect an individual with a disability's knowledge and skills rather than the individual's disability. (7/20/11) PDF format | Word
Statement of Interest of the United States – supporting plaintiff's allegation that two Hollister stores located in the Denver area are in violation of title III of the ADA because the main entrances to the stores are not accessible even though it would be feasible to make them accessible. (6/24/11) PDF format | Word
Statement of Interest of the United States – re: support of the plaintiff association in a lawsuit challenging the design and construction of Hollister retail stores, and in particular, in support of the plaintiff association’s standing to allege ADA title III violations across the entire chain of stores. (7/6/10) PDF format | Word
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United States v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Plaintiff United States' Memorandum in Support of Motion in Limine - re: Discovery; Motion in Limine (3/1/04)