Payan

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ROY PAYAN; PORTIA MASON; No. 24-1809

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF

D.C. No.

THE BLIND, INC.; NATIONAL

2:17-cv-01697-

FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF

SVW-SK

CALIFORNIA, INC.,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

OPINION

v.

LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY

COLLEGE DISTRICT,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 18, 2025 Pasadena, California Filed March 11, 2026 Before: Jay S. Bybee, Kenneth K. Lee, and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge de Alba; Partial Dissent by Judge Lee SUMMARY *

Americans with Disabilities Act / Damages

Reversing and vacating the district court’s final judgment after retrial on remand in a disability discrimination action under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) against Los Angeles Community College District (“LACCD”), the panel held that the district court abused its discretion in granting remittitur of damages. Roy Payan, Portia Mason, National Federal of the Blind, Inc., and National…