[Missouri-l] Fw: [acb-l] ssa acb trial begins

[Jeanne Fike]

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News Flash | September 2009

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NEWS FLASH

ACB vs. SSA
Trial Begins
September 14, 2009



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Dear Friends,

After four years of litigation, DREDF and co-counsel Howrey LLP, head to 
trial this morning, September 14, 2009, on behalf of the American Council of 
the
Blind (ACB) and a class of 3,000,000 blind and visually impaired plaintiffs. 
In a class action lawsuit filed under Section 504, plaintiffs are 
challenging
the Social Security Administration's (SSA) failure to provide its 
communications in alternative formats that would enable people with visual 
impairments
to have equal access to the agency's programs.

SSA's failure to provide alternative formats has resulted in the loss of 
critical benefits, privacy and dignity for individuals who depend on Social 
Security
benefits.

The trial begins at 7:30 a.m., before Judge William Alsup, in Courtroom 9, 
at the US District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden
Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA. The trial is expected to last for about two 
weeks.

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