Muhammad

BACKGROUND

15 Prior to Defendant removing this civil action to federal court, Muhammad filed his lawsuit 16 in the Sacramento County Superior Court, Muhammad v. California Department of Corrections 17 and Rehabilitation [(“CDCR”)], Case No. 34-2023-00335812, stemming from alleged violations 18 at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”). He alleges federal causes of action under the 19 Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 20 (“Section 504”). Dkt. 1 at 5-7. He seeks monetary damages against the CDCR. Id. at 11. 21 Muhammad claims that he is an individual with qualifying disabilities because of a “failed 22 left knee medial meniscus tear repair and left foot hammertoe correction.” Id. at 6. He alleges 23 24 1 Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C.§ 12101 et 25 seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended and codified in 29 U.S.C. § 794(a), prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in the programs, services or activities of 26 a public entity.

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