Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
9th Cir: Snakes, Drugs, and Disabilities
A federally-subsidized housing authority has no duty to reasonably accommodate a tenant’s medical marijuana use. Furthermore, the panel held,
[b]ecause the Plaintiffs’ eviction is substantiated by Assenberg’s illegal drug use, we need not address his claim that his snakes qualify as “service animals” or whether [the housing authority] offered a resonable accommodation.
Assenberg v. Anacortes Housing Authority, […]