GEO Group Beats Job Bias Suit by Officer With Severe Sleep Apnea

A former GEO Group Inc. detention officer in Texas failed to revive his lawsuit alleging he was discriminatorily fired because his sleep apnea prevented him from working longer than 12 hours at a time.

The rulingThursday by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is another instance where a worker’s bid to prove disability discrimination was undercut by their failure to show they could perform the essential functions of a job. Robert Cuellar, who worked for GEO at the South Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center for nearly 10 years, conceded that working up to 16 ...