Karen Shields v. Credit One Bank, N.A.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KAREN SHIELDS, No. 20-15647 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:19-cv-00934-

JAD-NJK

CREDIT ONE BANK, N.A.; CREDIT

ONE FINANCIAL; SHERMAN

FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Jennifer A. Dorsey, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 17, 2021 Seattle, Washington

Filed May 6, 2022

Before: William A. Fletcher, Paul J. Watford, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins SUMMARY *

Employment Discrimination

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of an employment discrimination action under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act and remanded.

Kate Shields alleged that her former employer violated the ADA by failing to accommodate her disability and instead terminating her from her human resources job after she underwent a bone biopsy surgery of her right shoulder and arm. The district court concluded that Shields failed to plead a “disability” because she did not…