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Case Name	Blanks v. AMC Entertainment	DR-CA-0059
Docket / Court	4:16-cv-00765-YGR ( N.D. Cal. )
State/Territory	California
Case Type(s)	Disability Rights-Pub. Accom.
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Content of Injunction

Monitoring

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Reasonable Accommodation

Training

Defendant-type

Movie Theater or Other Entertainment facility

Disability

Visual impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Disparate Impact

Disparate Treatment

Reasonable Accommodations

TTY/Close Captioning/Videophone/etc.

Plaintiff Type

Non-profit NON-religious organization

Private Plaintiff

Special Case Type

Non-court arbitration/mediation

Type of Facility

Non-government for profit

Causes of Action

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	AMC Entertainment
Plaintiff Description	Two California nonprofits for individuals who are blind or visually impaired and four blind individuals.
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement Conditional Dismissal
Order Duration	2017 - 2019
Filing Year	2016
Case Ongoing	Yes

Documents

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Docket(s)

4:16-cv-00765 (N.D. Cal.)
DR-CA-0059-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 01/04/2019
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] DR-CA-0059-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/16/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Settlement Agreement and Release [ECF# 64] DR-CA-0059-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/17/2017 Source: Plaintiffs' counsel

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Judges	Rogers, Yvonne Gonzalez (N.D. Cal.) DR-CA-0059-0002 \| DR-CA-0059-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Galvan, Ernest (California) DR-CA-0059-0001 \| DR-CA-0059-9000
	Marks, Julia Zoog (California) DR-CA-0059-0001 \| DR-CA-0059-9000
	Nunez, Michael S (California) DR-CA-0059-0001 \| DR-CA-0059-9000
	Paradis, Laurence W. (California) DR-CA-0059-0001 \| DR-CA-0059-9000
	Riess, Melissa (California) DR-CA-0059-9000
	Williford, Rebecca S. (California) DR-CA-0059-0001 \| DR-CA-0059-9000
	Wolinsky, Sidney M. (California) DR-CA-0059-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Burns, M. Brett (California) DR-CA-0059-9000

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