Ability Center Of Greater Toledo V. City Of Sandusky

Ability Center of Greater Toledo, Statewide Independent Living Council, and five individuals with disabilities – collectively, the plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants – filed this class action lawsuit against defendants-appellants/cross-appellees the City of Sandusky, Ohio, and Gerald A. Lechner (in his official capacity as Sandusky's city manager). Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–12165, and related regulations by failing to install proper accommodations for disabled individuals in the course of renovating Sandusky sidewalks and street curbs, and by failing to develop a transition plan for implementing ADA requirements. The district court granted summary judgment to plaintiffs on the former claim and summary judgment to defendants on the latter. Defendants filed a motion for reconsideration of the district court's grant of partial summary judgment to plaintiffs, which was denied. Defendants now appeal this grant of partial summary judgment to plaintiffs and the denial of their motion for reconsideration, while plaintiffs cross-appeal the district court's grant of partial summary judgment to defendants. For the following reasons, we affirm.