UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA 

SOUTH BEND DIVISION 

MARY BETH WRIGHT, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MISHAWAKA HOUSING 

AUTHORITY and COLLEEN 

OLUND, 

Defendants. 

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Cause No. 3:15-cv-532 RLM-MGG

OPINION AND ORDER 

Plaintiff Mary Beth Wright alleges that the Mishawaka Housing Authority 

and its former director, Colleen Olund, discriminated against her on the basis of 

her handicap when it removed and destroyed her wheelchair, furniture, and 

other property while she was hospitalized. She also argues that she represents 

a class of similarly situated persons. Both defendants move to dismiss the action 

and to strike the class allegations. 

I. BACKGROUND

Ms. Wright alleges that she was an MHA tenant. While hospitalized in 2015 

for problems associated with her disability, MHA sent a notice to her unit that it 

was evicting her and removing her wheelchair, furniture, and personal property 

because the apartment had bedbugs. Ms. Wright’s attorney, R. Wyatt Mick, Jr., 

allegedly sent a letter to MHA and called MHA numerous times informing them 

of her hospitalization. Mr. Mick explained to MHA that Tom Leland, who had a 

durable power of attorney for Ms. Wright, held funds in a trust account to help 

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Ms. Wright move out of the apartment. Mr. Mick called MHA to try to make 

arrangements for Ms. Wright’s possessions to be moved out. Mr. Mick and Ms. 

Wright’s priest learned that MHA had already removed and destroyed her 

property, including her motorized wheelchair. 

When Mr. Mick asked MHA at an earlier date if other units were infested 

with bedbugs, MHA staff responded that they couldn’t provide that information. 

Mr. Mick inferred that other residents had bedbugs that migrated to Ms. Wright’s 

unit. Ms. Wright alleges that Mr. Mick never spoke to the same person twice 

when he contacted MHA about Ms. Wright, and that his calls always went to 

voicemail before he could speak with someone. 

Ms. Wright alleges that MHA knew for years that Ms. Wright required a 

wheelchair and walker. She alleges that Mr. Mick and his wife picked Ms. Wright 

up for church for several years and that MHA knew it was difficult for her to get 

into Mr. Mick’s car. 

Ms. Wright alleges that Mr. Mick sent a tort claims notice to MHA, an 

administrative complaint against MHA to HUD, and correspondence to Ms. 

Olund with the facts of the case, and that these documents informed MHA of Ms. 

Wright’s need for accommodations and summarized communications between 

MHA and Mr. Mick. 

II. Standard of Review 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) authorizes dismissal of a complaint 

that fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. To survive a Rule 

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12(b)(6) motion, a complaint typically must meet the “notice pleading” 

requirement of Rule 8(a), that it set forth “a short and plain statement of the 

claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief,” so the defendant has “fair 

notice of what the . . . claim is and the grounds upon which it rests.” Bell Atlantic 

Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007). 

A court considering a motion under Rule 12(b)(6) must accept the 

complaint’s factual allegations as true and draw all reasonable inferences in 

favor of the plaintiff without engaging in fact-finding. Reynolds v. CB Sports Bar, 

Inc., 623 F.3d 1143, 1146 (7th Cir. 2010). Detailed factual allegations aren’t 

necessary, but merely reciting the elements of a cause of action isn’t sufficient. 

The factual allegations must be sufficient to raise the possibility of relief 

above the “speculative level.” Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555. The 

plaintiff must allege facts that, when “accepted as true, [ ] state a claim to relief 

that is plausible on its face. . . . A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff 

pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference 

that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 

U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (internal quotations omitted). A plaintiff’s claim need not 

be probable, only plausible, but “a plaintiff must do better than putting a few 

words on paper that, in the hands of an imaginative reader, might suggest that 

something has happened to her that might be redressed by the law.” Swanson v. 

Citibank, N.A., 614 F.3d 400, 403 (7th Cir. 2010) (emphasis in original). 

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III. DISCUSSION

Ms. Wright bases her claims of discrimination on three anti-discrimination 

statutes: the Federal Housing Act Amendments, the Americans with Disabilities 

Act, and the Rehabilitation Act. She also argues that MHA violated the Due 

Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, and Indiana 

conversion and constitutional law. 

a. Claims Under the Federal Anti-Discrimination Statutes 

Ms. Wright’s first argument is that MHA violated her rights under the Fair 

Housing Act Amendments when it discriminated against her on account of her 

disability. The FHAA makes it illegal: 

(1) To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make 

unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a 

handicap of – (A) that buyer or renter . . . . 

(2) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or 

privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services 

or facilities in connection with such dwelling, because of a handicap 

of – (A) that person . . . . 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f). 

“Discrimination” includes “a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in 

rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be 

necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.” 

§ 3604(f)(3)(B). 

Ms. Wright’s second count is that MHA violated the Americans with 

Disabilities Act, which “provide[s] a clear and comprehensive national mandate 

for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.” 42 

U.S.C. § 12101(b)(1). Like the FHAA, the ADA requires that “no qualified 

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individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be excluded from 

participation or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of 

a public entity, or be subjected to discrimination by any such entity.” 42 U.S.C. 

§ 12132. 

Last, Ms. Wright argues that MHA violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

which makes it illegal for an “otherwise qualified individual with a disability . . . 

, solely by reason of her or his disability, [to] be excluded from the participation 

in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any 

program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . . . .” 29 U.S.C. § 

794(a). 

Under the anti-discrimination statutes, Ms. Wright has three alternative 

routes to prove discrimination, and their methods of proof are roughly identical 

across statutes. Ms. Wright can prove that MHA intended to discriminate against 

her, that MHA’s policies or practices disparately impact the disabled without 

justification, or that MHA failed to reasonably accommodate her disability. See

Wigginton v. Bank of Am., Corp., 770 F.3d 521 (7th Cir. 2014) (applying same 

intentional discrimination standard across all three laws); Tex. Dep’t of Hous. & 

Cmty. Affairs v. Inclusive Cmtys. Project, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 2507 (2015) (holding 

that disparate impact claims are cognizable under the FHAA); Wis. Cmnty. 

Servs., Inc. v. City of Milwaukee, 465 F.3d 737, 753 (7th Cir. 2006) (“[A] Title II 

claim under the ADA may be established by evidence that . . . the defendant’s 

rule disproportionally impacts disabled people.”) (internal quotations omitted); 

McWright v. Alexander, 982 F.2d 222, 228-229 (7th Cir. 1992) (holding that 

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disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Rehabilitation Act); 

Oconomowoc Residential Programs, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee, 300 F.3d 775, 783 

(7th Cir. 2002) (“The requirements for reasonable accommodation under the ADA 

are the same as those under the FHAA.”); Gile v. United Airlines, Inc., 95 F.3d 

492, 497 (7th Cir. 1996) (“[T]he Rehabilitation Act incorporates the ADA’s 

definition of reasonable accommodation . . . .”). 

Ms. Wright doesn’t state a plausible claim of intentional discrimination. 

The pleading requirements for intentional discrimination aren’t particularly 

onerous. In Swanson v. Citibank, N.A., the court of appeals held that the plaintiff 

sufficiently pleaded intentional discrimination when she “identifie[d] the type of 

discrimination that she thinks occur[red] (racial), by whom (Citibank, through . 

. . the manager, and the outside appraisers it used), and when (in connection 

with her effort in early 2009 to obtain a home-equity loan).” 614 F.3d 400, 405 

(7th Cir. 2010). As in Swanson, Ms. Wright alleged the type of discrimination she 

thinks occurred (disability), by whom (MHA), and when (in connection with the 

destruction of her property during her eviction). 

But later cases hold that a plaintiff must allege facts suggesting that the 

defendant acted “because of [the plaintiff’s] disability.” Wilson v. Warren Cty., 

830 F.3d 464 (7th Cir. 2016). None of the facts alleged suggest that MHA 

destroyed Ms. Wright’s property precisely because she’s disabled. Instead, the 

facts suggest only that it did so because she didn’t maintain the apartment in a 

way that allowed them to treat the bedbug problem. Without alleged facts 

pointing to an intent to discriminate, this avenue is closed. 

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Ms. Wright states no plausible claim based on disparate impact. “To 

establish a prima face case of disparate impact, a plaintiff first must isolate and 

identify the specific employment practices that are allegedly responsible for any 

observed statistical disparities.” Bennett v. Roberts, 295 F.3d 687, 698 (7th Cir. 

2002). “Second, the plaintiff must establish a causal connection between the 

employment practice and the statistical disparity . . . .” Id. Ms. Wright doesn’t 

allege any particular practice of MHA or any statistical disparity indicating that 

MHA acted in a way that disparately impacted the disabled. 

Ms. Wright states plausible claims that MHA failed to provide a reasonable 

accommodation under the anti-discrimination statutes. A public entity must 

accommodate a person with a handicap “if such accommodation (1) is 

reasonable, and (2) necessary, (3) to afford a handicapped person the equal 

opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.” Oconomowoc Residential Programs v. 

City of Milwaukee, 300 F.3d 775, 783 (7th Cir. 2002). “[A] public entity must 

reasonably accommodate a qualified individual with a disability by making 

changes in rules, policies, practices, or services when needed.” Id. at 782-783. 

The first question for the accommodation analysis is whether Ms. Wright 

requested an accommodation that is “reasonable.” “An accommodation is 

reasonable if it is both efficacious and proportional to the costs to implement it.” 

Id. at 784. “An accommodation is unreasonable if it imposes undue financial or 

administrative burdens or requires a fundamental alteration in the nature of the 

program.” Id.

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Ms. Wright’s complaint is vague about what kind of accommodation her 

attorney requested of MHA, but the best inference is what Ms. Wright clarifies in 

her response: “Ms. Wright and her advocates were trying to prevent her eviction 

and the loss of her motorized wheelchair and personal property.” This seems 

sufficient to put MHA on notice of the kind of accommodation Ms. Wright alleges 

that she sought. 

Ms. Wright doesn’t plausibly show that the first half of this request, “trying 

to prevent her eviction,” is reasonable. The notice provided by MHA indicates 

that MHA had given Ms. Wright six months to prepare her unit for bedbug 

treatment, but that she still had stacks of books, laundry, and other 

paraphernalia that could provide harborage for them. If that’s the case, Ms. 

Wright’s complaint doesn’t explain how preventing Ms. Wright’s eviction would 

have allowed the housing authority to effectively treat the bedbug problem. 

Certain types of requests in this vein might have been reasonable. For 

example, Ms. Wright may have needed a little extra time to get cleaning 

assistance to prepare the unit for treatment if, for some reason, six months 

wasn’t enough based on the nature of her disability. But the accommodation Ms. 

Wright claims to seek is effectively a request that MHA cease trying to take care 

of the bedbug problem in the unit. Asking that the status quo persist is 

unreasonable when it allows the insect problem to go unabated. 

The second half of the request, however, that “Ms. Wright and her 

advocates were trying to prevent . . . the loss of her motorized wheelchair and 

personal property,” is an area where Ms. Wright has a plausible claim. “An 

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accommodation is reasonable if it is both efficacious and proportional to the 

costs to implement it.” Oconomowoc Residential Programs, 300 F.3d at 784. It’s 

at least plausible that MHA could have delayed destroying Ms. Wright’s property 

at modest cost relative to the gain to Ms. Wright: being able to hold onto her 

means of transportation. “An accommodation is unreasonable if it imposes 

undue financial or administrative burdens or requires a fundamental alteration 

in the nature of the program.” Id. It’s plausible that moving the property for a 

short time until she or her representative could claim it wouldn’t have imposed 

an undue financial or administrative burden on MHA and would have still 

allowed MHA to carry out its primary goal of emptying the apartment so that it 

could treat the bedbug problem. 

The next requirement is that the accommodation is “necessary.” Ms. 

Wright must show “that the desired accommodation will affirmatively enhance a 

disabled plaintiff’s quality of life by ameliorating the effects of the disability.” Id.

Ms. Wright easily meets this burden because the electric wheelchair is an 

obvious source of her mobility. 

Last, the accommodation must promote “equal opportunity to use and 

enjoy a dwelling.” 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B). It’s at this level that MHA argues the 

kind of accommodation allegedly requested falls outside the protections of the 

FHAA; evicting someone from her home and removing her property isn’t related 

to “using and enjoying a dwelling.” 

MHA’s desired approach undermines the goal of the Fair Housing Act “to 

provide, within constitutional limits, for fair housing throughout the United 

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States.” 42 U.S.C. § 3601. The Seventh Circuit construed the clause in 42 U.S.C. 

§ 3604(a), “otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling,” broadly, holding 

that the clause extends to the point of eviction just as it does to the point of sale 

or lease. Bloch v. Frischholz, 587 F.3d 771, 776 (7th Cir. 2009) (arguing that to 

do otherwise would allow a landlord “to rent to an African-American but then, 

the day after he moves in, [to] change all the locks and put up signs that said, 

‘No blacks allowed.’ That clearly could not be what Congress had in mind when 

it sought to create ‘truly integrated and balanced living patterns.’”). In this same 

way, the method a tenant is evicted and her property is moved out, if 

discriminatory toward a protected group, would still fall under the FHAA. 

But, under Bloch, even if a defendant’s activity falls within the scope of 42 

U.S.C. § 3604(a), the defendant’s behavior has to render the unit “unavailable” 

to the plaintiff. Id. The Bloch plaintiffs, for example, still had full use of the home 

even though the condo association repeatedly tore down the mezuzah1 on their 

doorway, which inhibited their religious practice. The association’s behavior may 

have rendered the unit unfit as a residence for practicing Jews, but it was still 

“available” to them and so they had no claim under 42 U.S.C. § 3604(a). 

Unlike the phrase “otherwise make unavailable . . . , a dwelling,” the 

phrase “to use and enjoy a dwelling” in the definition of “discrimination” is more 

expansive, and must encompass the process of moving out of a unit at the 

expiration or termination of a tenant’s lease. See generally Stephenson v. 

                                                            

1 A mezuzah is a rectangular box affixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home. It contains a scroll 

with verses from the Torah (later known as the Old Testament), that command the Israelites to 

affix the words of God onto the doorposts of their homes. See Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21. 

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Ridgewood Vill. Apartments, No. 1:93-cv-614, 1994 WL 792581, at *4-5 (W.D. 

Mich. Nov. 10, 1994) (denying claim that the evicting landlord failed to 

reasonably accommodate plaintiff in how her possessions were removed because 

the proposed accommodation wasn’t reasonable, not because move-out falls 

outside of the FHAA). Holding that the phrase doesn’t reach Ms. Wright would 

allow an entity to avoid reasonable accommodation when any tenant is moving 

out of her apartment. For example, a landlord may lay down a temporary ramp 

over steps in order to reasonably accommodate a wheelchair-bound tenant. If 

that tenant wishes to move out at the end of her lease, MHA’s interpretation of 

“to use and enjoy a dwelling” would allow the landlord to pull out the ramp 

during move-out (assuming it’s without discriminatory intent). In other words, 

MHA’s proposed interpretation would impose no duty on landlords to provide 

reasonable accommodation while tenants are leaving. This absurd result can’t 

be the case. The landlord’s duty to provide reasonable accommodation must 

extend until the tenant and her possessions are gone. 

Removing and destroying a tenant’s personal property from her unit might 

impact her ability to use and enjoy the dwelling. It’s plausible that MHA’s alleged 

unwillingness to accommodate Ms. Wright blocked her “equal opportunity to use 

and enjoy a dwelling,” and so it’s plausibly “discrimination” under the FHAA. 42 

U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B). 

Because Ms. Wright pleaded prima facie claims under the FHAA, ADA, and 

Rehabilitation Act based on MHA’s alleged lack of reasonable accommodation, 

the court denies MHA’s motion to dismiss with respect to her first three claims. 

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b. Claims Under the Constitution 

Ms. Wright’s fourth and sixth claims argue that MHA and Ms. Olund 

deprived her of due process and equal protection of the law in violation of the 

Fourteenth Amendment. Discriminatory intent is required for an Equal 

Protection Clause claim. Vill. of Arlington Heights v. Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp., 

429 U.S. 252 (1977). As described earlier, Ms. Wright doesn’t allege a plausible 

claim based on discriminatory intent, so she doesn’t allege a plausible Equal 

Protection Clause claim. 

“To demonstrate a procedural due process violation of a property right, the 

plaintiff must establish that there is (1) a cognizable property interest; (2) a 

deprivation of that property interest; and (3) a denial of due process.” Khan v. 

Bland, 630 F.3d 519 (7th Cir. 2010) (internal quotations omitted). Ms. Wright 

doesn’t articulate a plausible account of how she was denied due process. She 

received notice of her upcoming eviction and her obligation to remove her 

personal property in time. The notice advised her that she had access to MHA’s 

grievance procedures and the courts in order to defend against the eviction. Ms. 

Wright’s fourth and sixth claims are thus dismissed. 

c. Claims Under Indiana Law 

Because Ms. Wright states a plausible claim for relief under the antidiscrimination statutes, this court has supplemental jurisdiction to rule on her 

claims under Indiana law. 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3). Ms. Wright alleges that MHA 

violated her right to “have remedy by due course of law” for injury to her “person, 

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property, or reputation,” IND. CONST., art. I, § 12, and that MHA tortiously 

converted her property, see N. Elec. Co. v. Torma, 819 N.E.2d 417, 429 (Ind. Ct. 

App. 2004). 

“[T]he Indiana Due Course of Law requirement of Article 1, Section 12 of 

the Indiana Constitution is analogous to the Due Process Clause of the 

Fourteenth Amendment.” Haimbaugh Landscaping, Inc. v. Jegen, 653 N.E.2d 95 

(Ind. Ct. App. 1995). As already explained, Ms. Wright doesn’t allege a plausible 

due process claim under the United States Constitution, and so she also doesn’t 

allege a plausible due course claim under the Indiana Constitution. 

A conversion claim must plausibly allege that MHA “knowingly or 

intentionally exerted unauthorized control over” Ms. Wright’s property. Coleman 

v. Vukovich, 825 N.E.2d 397, 407 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). If the anti-discrimination 

statutes required MHA to provide a reasonable accommodation to Ms. Wright in 

removing and destroying her property, then MHA’s control over that property 

was “unauthorized.” “The mental state of the Defendant committing the exercise 

of dominion is not relevant to a claim for tortious conversion.” Kozma v. 

Medtronic, Inc., 925 F. Supp. 602, 611 (N.D. Ind. 1996). It’s enough that Ms. 

Wright allege facts indicating that MHA intended to perform the acts that 

deprived her of her right to the property, even if she doesn’t allege that MHA 

knew the deprivation to be unauthorized. See id. She has met this burden. 

MHA argues that Ms. Wright voluntarily surrendered the premises and 

authorized MHA to remove her property because she failed to remove it herself 

or to object to its removal. Her pleadings create an inference that Mr. Mick’s 

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frequent calls to MHA were to prevent the removal and destruction of her 

property. There’s no argument on the pleadings that she tacitly agreed to MHA 

removing her property while her representative was actively telling MHA precisely 

not to do so. Even if Ms. Wright agreed to the eviction, as evidenced by her not 

contesting the eviction in court or through MHA’s own procedures, that doesn’t 

mean she consented to the removal and destruction of her property. If the 

removal and destruction was unauthorized under the anti-discrimination 

statutes, then Ms. Wright states a plausible conversion claim. 

The court thus denies MHA’s motion to dismiss as it applies to Ms. 

Wright’s fifth claim and grants it as it applies to Ms. Wright’s seventh claim. 

IV. MHA’S MOTION TO STRIKE CLASS ALLEGATIONS

MHA moves to strike all allegations regarding Ms. Wright’s representation 

of a purported class of absent persons pursuant to Rules 12(f), 23(c)(1)(A), and 

23(d)(1)(D). Rule 12(f) isn’t the appropriate avenue to eliminate these allegations. 

Buonomo v. Optimum Outcomes, Inc., 301 F.R.D. 292, 295 (N.D. Ill. 2014); 5 

CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT ET AL., FEDERAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE § 1383 (3d ed. 

2016) (“[C]lass allegations, even if ultimately found insufficient for certification 

purposes, are neither an insufficient defense, nor are they of such a scurrilous 

nature as to prejudice a defendant between the filing of the complaint and the 

plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.”). 

Rule 23 prescribes the particulars for class certification. “At an early 

practicable time after a person sues or is sued as a class representative, the 

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court must determine by order whether to certify the action as a class action.” 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(1)(A). This decision may be made early, “even before the 

plaintiff files a motion requesting certification.” Kasalo v. Harris & Harris, Ltd., 

656 F.3d 557, 563 (7th Cir. 2011). Further, the plaintiff is “obliged in its 

complaint to allege facts bringing the action within the appropriate requirements 

of [ ] Rule [23].” Cook Cnty. College Teachers Union, Local 1600 v. Byrd, 456 

F.2d 882, 885 (7th Cir. 1972). Because the court has ample information in the 

complaint to decide the issue of class certification, it will do so here. 

Rule 23 requires that a plaintiff satisfy each of the prerequisites for class 

certification: numerosity, commonality, typicality, adequacy of representation, 

and one of the criteria under Rule 23(b). Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a), (b). If any of these 

elements is missing, the class can’t be certified. “Commonality” requires 

“questions of law or fact common to the class.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a)(2). Ms. 

Wright’s complaint, while plausible, rests on narrow footing: allegations that 

MHA violated the anti-discrimination statutes when it didn’t allow a reasonable 

accommodation for her handicap when it removed her personal property from 

her unit and destroyed it after she was ordered to vacate. Her pursuit of a class 

action indicates that she believes that MHA fails to accommodate handicapped 

persons more pervasively. But the facts of this case deal with a very narrow form 

of denial of accommodation that would be difficult to demonstrate as applicable 

to more than a single plaintiff, let alone a class large enough that joinder is 

impracticable under Rule 23(a)(1). 

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Ms. Wright points to Buonomo v. Optimum Outcomes, Inc. as precedent for 

delaying class certification decisions, but Buonomo only does so for the part of 

the plaintiff’s proposed class that fits into a clear legal and factual formula. 301 

F.R.D. 292, 298-299 (7th Cir. 2014). Buonomo strikes part of the proposed class 

on “typicality” grounds because “the named plaintiff’s claims must share the 

same essential characteristics as the claims of the class at large.” Id. at 297 

(quoting Muro v. Target Corp., 580 F.3d 485, 492 (7th Cir. 2009)). Ms. Wright 

doesn’t demonstrate that her individual claim is “typical” of that of any proposed 

class either. Buonomo analyzes the court of appeals’ Soppet decision for the 

proposition that the claims of the named plaintiff ought to fall into the same 

factual formula as those of the class. See id. at 296 (“A human being who called 

Cell Number would realize that Customer was no longer the subscriber. But 

predictive dialers lack human intelligence and, like the buckets enchanted by 

the Sorcerer's Apprentice, continue until stopped by their true master. 

Meanwhile Bystander is out of pocket the cost of the airtime minutes and has 

had to listen to a lot of useless voicemail.”) (quoting Soppet v. Enhanced Recovery 

Co., 679 F.3d 637, 638-639 (7th Cir. 2012)). But in this case, the kinds of 

accommodations requested by class members will vary a great deal. Plaintiffs 

might have different handicaps and request different accommodations for them. 

Whether a proposed accommodation is “reasonable” under the criteria described 

earlier will vary a great deal from case to case. This isn’t a situation where the 

formula of Ms. Wright’s alleged denial could be used for others. Ms. Wright 

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doesn’t show common questions of law or fact or that her case is typical for the 

class. The court thus grant MHA’s motion to strike class allegations. 

V. CONCLUSION

The court GRANTS MHA’S MOTION TO DISMISS [Doc. No. 30] IN PART as 

to Ms. Wright’s fourth, sixth, and seventh claims, DENIES THE MOTION IN PART 

as to Ms. Wright’s first, second, third, and fifth claims, and GRANTS MHA’s 

motion to strike the class allegations [Doc. No. 32]. 

 SO ORDERED. 

ENTERED: December 1, 2016 

 /s/ Robert L. Miller, Jr. 

 Judge 

 United States District Court 

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