Larios

Larios v. Yuma County Sheriff

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266 F. App'x 543
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 1, 2008No. 06-15595California413 words

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MEMORANDUM **

Thomas J. Larios appeals the judgment of the district court following a bench trial in favor of the County Sheriff and the County of Yuma (together, the “County”) with respect to his claims filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. We affirm.

The district court did not err when it concluded that Larios was not a “qualified individual with a disability” under the ADA because his impairments did not substantially limit one or more of his major life activities. While Larios’ impairments may have prevented him from working as a Security Control Officer, he did not show that they prevented him from working in a broad class of jobs as required by Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc., 527 U.S. 471, 491 , 119 S.Ct. 2139 , 144 L.Ed.2d 450 (1999). He failed to establish that his impairments prevented or severely restricted him from performing the variety of manual tasks central to most people’s daily lives. See Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184, 198, 200-01 , 122 S.Ct. 681 , 151 L.Ed.2d 615 (2002). And he failed to show that his impairments substantially limited any other major life activity such as walking, seeing, hearing,…

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