9th Circuit Denies Rehearing After Split Panel Vote In ADA Suit Against Care Home

(December 1, 2023, 5:06 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — After one judge of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel voted to grant a petition for rehearing en banc, rehearing was denied when no Ninth Circuit judge requested a vote for en banc consideration of the court’s decision affirming a district court’s ruling in favor of a nonprofit advocating against housing discrimination in its suit against a nursing home alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the nursing home’s alleged refusal to provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter to a fictitious prospective resident....