User:Taylordw/sandbox/Lane v. Brown
| Lane v. Brown | |
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| Court | United States District Court for the District of Oregon |
| Full case name | Lane, et al., v. Brown, et al. |
| Citations | Olmstead v. L.C. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 |
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| Judge sitting | Honorable Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart |
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Background
[edit]Proceedings
[edit]On 23 August 2011 Disability Rights Oregon, the Center for Public Representation, Miller Nash LLP and Perkins Coie LLP sent a letter to Oregon Department of Human Services director Erinn Kelley-Siel requesting that the state take steps to move people with disabilities out of sheltered workshops into regular employment.[1]
On 25 January 2012 United Cerebral Palsy Association of Oregon and Southwest Washington filed a class action lawsuit against Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and top officials at the Oregon Department of Human Services with the U.S. District Court in Portland. Bob Joondeph, the executive director of Disability Rights Oregon, served as the plaintiffs' attorney.[2] Defendants in addition to the governor were Erinn Kelley-Siel, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services; Mary Lee Fay, Administrator of the Office of Developmental Disability Services; and Stephaine Parrish Taylor, Administrator of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services.
On 29 June 2012 Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Devision sent John Kroger, Attorney General for the State of Oregon, a letter detailing the DOJ's findings in the case.[3]
Owing to a criminal investigation Gov. Kitzhaber resigned the governorship effective February 18. He was succeeded by Kate Brown. The case was then renamed to Lane v. Brown.
The settlement agreement was brokered by Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta.
Settlement
[edit]Analysis and significance
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bob Joondeph (Disability Rights Oregon) (23 August 2011). Letter to Erinn Kelley-Siel, Director, Oregon Department of Human Services http://www.nyaprs.org/e-news-bulletins/index.cfm?do=headlines&mn=9&yr=2011&article=94586CDE0ACF4A2207F44987EC241E4C. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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- ^ Perez, 29 June 2012
Bibliography
[edit]- Court and other government documents
- "Justice Department Reaches Proposed ADA Settlement Agreement On Oregon's Developmental Disabilities System". Justice News. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- Kitzhaber, John A. (10 April 2013). Executive Order No. 13-04: Providing Employment Services to Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Office of the Governor, State of Oregon, Salem, Oregon, Retrieved 1 October 2015
- Perez, Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. (29 June 2012). "United States' Investigation of Employment and Vocational Services for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Oregon Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act" (PDF). Letter to Attorney General for the State of Oregon John Kroger. United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Devision. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- News reporting
- Bailey Jr., Everton (30 December 2015). "Judge approves deal to expand job options for Oregonians with disabilities". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- Denson, Bryan (8 September 2015). "Oregon's sheltered workshops for the disabled to be phased out under terms of settlement". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- Denson, Bryan (15 May 2015). "Portland judge sanctions state in lawsuit over job opportunities for severely disabled Oregonians". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- Denson, Bryan (8 April 2014). "Profoundly disabled Americans get government road map out of low-paying segregated jobs". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- Zheng, Yuxing (11 February 2014). "Oregon lawmakers lukewarm on bill to require minimum wage for disabled workers". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- Denson, Bryan (11 April 2013). "Kitzhaber orders shift from sheltered workshops for people with disabilities". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- Denson, Bryan (1 April 2013). "U.S. Department of Justice accuses Oregon of segregating disabled in sheltered workshops". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- Cole, Michelle (2 July 2012). "U.S. Justice Department threatens to sue Oregon over disabled worker programs". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- Cole, Michelle (25 January 2012). "Oregonians with disabilities file class action suit against the governor, state officials". The Oregonian. Portland, Oreg. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- Secondary sources
- Brennan-Krohn, Zoë (Winter 2016). "Employment for People with Disabilities: A Role for Anti-Subordination" (PDF). Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. 51 (1). Harvard Law School: 239–272.
- Rinaldi, Gena (2014). "Gimme Shelter: Lane v. Kitzhaber and Its Impact on Integrated Employment Services for People with Disabilities". Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law. 22 (3). American University, Washington College of Law: 749–779.
External links
[edit]- "DOJ Olmstead Enforcement by Case or Matter". Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. n.d. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- Disability Rights Oregon's page on Lane v. Brown
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