Armstrong
Armstrong v. Wilson
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Goodwin, J.
California state officials appeal an injunction entered in a class action brought by California state prison inmates and parolees with disabilities, who sought relief for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12131-34 , and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“RA”), 29 U.S.C. § 794 . The district court denied the defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on the Eleventh Amendment, found that the *1021 defendants had violated both statutes, and entered a remedial order and injunction directing them to develop a plan for compliance •with the statutes. The defendants appeal, and we affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
A certified class of all present and future California state prison inmates and parolees with disabilities sued California state officials in their official capacities, seeking injunctive relief for violations of the RA and the ADA in state prisons. The parties stipulated that some prison facilities lack adequate emergency evacuation plans for prisoners with disabilities, that the range of vocational programs for disabled inmates is more limited than the range provided for non-disabled prisoners, and that some disabled inmates have…