Wednesday, March 5th, 2008...4:47 pm

9th Cir: Snakes, Drugs, and Disabilities

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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, 2008 WL _______ (9th Cir. Mar. 5, 2008)(unpub.).

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