Minnesota Lawyer
Where an inmate sued the state, correctional center officers and doctors for alleged violations of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act claiming a lack of accommodations for his wheelchair limited his movement, caused him to miss meals and fall, the dismissal of individual-capacity claims against two officers is affirmed because they could not be sued in their individual capacities under the ADA, and the dismissal of claims against doctors and the medical services is also affirmed because the claims were based on medical decisions, which cannot be the basis of a claim under either law, but the inmate brought claims such as the denial of meals and adequate housing that were not based on medical treatment decisions, so the dismissal of claims for injunctive relief are reversed. Judgment affirmed in part; reversed in part; remanded.
12-2127 Dinkins v. Correctional Medical Services, appealed from Western District of Missouri, per curiam.
