Rolland v. Potter, No. 06-2536. This is a post-office discrimination case. The plaintiff was injured on the job, and the post office tried to accommodate him by designating him a “rehab” employee. Rolland alleged that the USPS had discriminated against him in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 701-795, by denying him overtime hours based on his status as a "rehab" employee. On summary judgment, the District Court found that he wasn’t really that impaired, because he admitted in his deposition that he could do lots of stuff. Applying Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc. v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184 (2002), the First holds that he didn’t show that his impairment impacted one or more major life activities.
His Federal Employees Compensation Act ("FECA"), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8101-8193 claim also fails, because the First holds that just because he was eligible for the Post Office’s modified “rehab” status doesn’t mean that he fites the definition under the “Rehabilitation Act.”
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