Bax

Case 1:17-cv-01348-DAD-SAB Document 74 Filed 08/24/21 Page 1 of

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK BAX, et al., No. 1:17-cv-01348-DAD-SAB Plaintiffs, v. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS

OF LAW

DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF

MODESTO, INC.,

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This case concerns claims of disability discrimination. Plaintiffs Mark Bax and Lucia

Pershe Bax (collectively “plaintiffs”) are deaf and communicate primarily in American Sign

Language (“ASL”).1 They contend that defendant Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Inc.

(“DMC”) discriminated against them during their separate hospital visits by not facilitating

effective communication in violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“the Rehabilitation Act”), Section 1557 of the

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