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212965P.pdf 07/14/2022 Jesse LeBlanc v. Denis McDonough
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 21-2965
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Before Grasz, Stras, and Kobes, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Rehabilitation Act. Plaintiff's requested accommodation,
exemption from rotating night and day shifts, was not required under the
Act because it would impose an undue hardship on his employer; the
accommodation would have violated the employer's collective bargaining
agreement with plaintiff's union and was, therefore, presumptively
unreasonable; plaintiff's reassignment to a job with stable shift
assignments was reasonable in light of the fact that he could not be
accommodated in his prior position; plaintiff failed to show the employer
did not engage in the interactive process required by the Act; with
respect to the employer's failure to hire plaintiff for other positions,
defendant provided a legitimate, non-discriminatory basis for its hiring
decisions, which plaintiff failed to show was pretextual.