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The article discusses a court case Bumgarner v. NCDOC wherein putative class action was filed against the North Carolina Department of Corrections by the disabled inmates at the state prison due to their exclusion from sentence reduction credit program. The plaintiffs alleged the defendants of the violation of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The motion for class certification was filed by the plaintiffs and the federal court granted the motion.

The article reports on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report accusing North Carolina of unnecessary institutionalizing patients with mental illnesses which violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It states that the death of four adult care home residents and the complaint of the Disability Rights North Carolina filed in July 2010 have prompted the investigation. Disability Rights Director of Litigation John Rittelmeyer said that Georgia has the same case with the state.

The article discusses a court case wherein a former student-athlete failed to convince the U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina that his obsessive compulsive disorder qualified as a disability under the Rehabilitation Act. It cites the reason of the court for granting judgment for University of North Carolina. It provides an overview of the case.

The article discusses two cases related to employment law in North Carolina, one in dealing with poorly educated, untrained workers through creation of light-duty job and another on requesting accommodations information after expiration of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

The article discusses the North Carolina case Feldman v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education wherein Nada Feldman sued the public school alleging its failure to accommodate her disability pertaining to chemical sensitivity under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The article offers legal news briefs in North Carolina as of August 2012 pertaining to the state's Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA) and the post surgery Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations.

The article report on a complaint filed by Disability Rights North Carolina against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human services (HHS) and the Department of Public Instruction regarding educational services offered to children with mental illness. The group claimed that state officials failed to ensure that the children receive adequate educational services. The complaint stated that the officials violate the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA).

This section offers news briefs about the resignation of North Carolina health officer Ianier Cansler amidst audit findings of a Medicaid budget gap and about Department of Justice findings of Mississippi mental health system violations against the Americans with Disabiltiies Act.

The article reports on the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in North Carolina over its policy of refusing to hire people who take legally prescribed narcotics. It alleges the center for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. It states that the center is regarding all employees taking prescription narcotics as disabled when they are not.