Yolanda Gevarzes v. City of Port Orange, Florida

[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 14-10082
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 6:12-cv-01126-RBD-DAB
YOLANDA GEVARZES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
CITY OF PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA,
a municipal corporation,
Defendant – Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida
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(September 18, 2014)
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, and COX, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
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Yolando Geverzes, a deaf woman, sued the City of Port Orange, Florida, for
violating Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The district court granted summary judgment in favor
of the City of Port Orange, concluding that it did not violate either Title II or
Section 504 because of the arrest of Geverzes. Geverzes now appeals, framing her
sole issue on appeal as “[w]hether the District Court erred by failing to find a
genuine dispute of material fact as to whether the City refused to give Gevarzes an
equal opportunity to participate in the investigation leading to her arrest by failing
to take her full statement and to provide qualified sign language interpreters, in
violation of Title II and section 504.” (Appellant’s Initial Br. at 2).
There is arguably more than one ground for affirming the grant of summary
judgment in favor of the City. The district court held that the City has
demonstrated that failure to provide an interpreter was not unreasonable given
Geverzes’s “effective written communication and the totality of the circumstances .
. . .” (District Court’s Opinion, Doc. 74 at 9). We conclude that the district court
did not err in reaching this conclusion in its well-reasoned opinion.
We need not consider the other grounds for affirmance discussed in footnote
9 of the district court’s opinion. (Doc. 74 at 9).
AFFIRMED.
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