U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Aug. 19, 2014
Officer's attention deficit disorder does not grant him job protection, court rules
A former police officer's diagnosed struggles with maintaining focus on the job are not enough to grant him protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A former police officer's diagnosed struggles with maintaining focus on the job are not enough to grant him protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
The opinion reverses a jury verdict favoring Matthew Weaving, whose federal lawsuit claimed he was unlawfully fired from an Oregon police department because his struggles with Attention...
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