The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has found no basis for a disability discrimination suit against Lincoln Memorial University by a former student who was ousted from its osteopathic medicine college.
The three-judge panel rejected an effort by Zeeshan Shaikh to reinstate his suit accusing the university of failing to reasonably accommodate his ADHD.
According to the decision, Shaikh disclosed his ADHD-related reading trouble in his application and admissions interview. When he began classes in fall 2009, the university agreed to his request for time-and-a-half and a quiet room for exams.
After returning to Lincoln Memorial, he failed two courses. At that point, the university rejected his request for double time on all quizzes and tests and for a five-year decelerated curriculum. It dismissed him from the program.
He sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act, but a lower-court judge threw out the case.
In upholding that decision, the 6th Circuit agreed with the university that Shaikh’s requested accommodations were unreasonable.
