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The U.S. Supreme Court last week said it would hear arguments brought by a deaf man wishing to sue a St. Joseph County school district for failing to provide him a suitable teacher who knew sign language for more than a decade and inflating his grades when he could neither read or write.
Miguel Perez, an immigrant who moved to the U.S. with his family as a child and is now in his 20s, has been trying for years to press a claim for compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Sturgis Public Schools.
On Monday, the Supreme Court said it would consider the case, though a date for oral arguments hasn’t been set.
In court filings, Perez’s lawyers said Sturgis’ failure to provide him a suitably trained instructor for 12 years — during which time he received grades of As and Bs and was listed on the honor roll — led to a situation where he could neither read nor write and failed to learn basic facts.
