Accommodations for Postal Customer in Wheelchair Were Inadequate

The Rehabilitation Act suit brought by a US Postal Service customer who uses a wheelchair, seeking to have a ramp installed at her local post office, was revived by the Seventh Circuit.

The Postal Service refused to install a ramp, and Shellie Ellison sought an injunction to require one. The district court dismissed Ellison’s suit and granted the Postal Service’s motion of summary judgment.

The district court said Ellison wasn’t denied access to Postal Service programs because she could access them through the USPS website or at other wheelchair-accessible post offices within a 15-minute drive of her house. But the ...