Disabled Class That Wants To Move Out Of Nursing Homes Appeals Dismissal Of Suit

Mealey's (June 15, 2018, 12:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A class of people who allege that they have been denied effective transition services by the District of Columbia, resulting in them being stuck in nursing facilities in violation of the integration mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, filed a corrected brief on June 6 asking the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to remand a lower court’s ruling that dismissed their lawsuit (Ivy Brown, et al. v. District of Columbia, No. 17-7152, D. Cir.)....