Providence Behavioral Health v. Grant Road Public Utility District, No. 17-20571 (5th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseProvidence filed suit against Grant Road after Grant Road denied water, drainage, and septic services to Providence's intended psychiatric facility. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment dismissing Providence's claims of discriminatory motives. The court held that Grant Road was a local entity and thus not entitled to sovereign immunity; all of the evidence of discrimination presented by Providence was based on speculation rather than actual proof of Grant Road's discriminatory motives and thus the district court did not commit reversible error when it dismissed Providence's intentional discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Housing Acting (FHA), and the Texas Fair Housing Act (TFHA); and Providence's reasonable accommodation claims failed because providing water, drainage, and septic services had no relation to accommodating the expected disabilities of the patients planned to be treated at Providence and Providence's claims were unsupported. Finally, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it declined to hold that Grant Road was entitled to attorneys' fees.
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