Opinion ID: 787764
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Heading: Substantially Limited Major Life Activities

Text: 17 A major life activity is a function such as caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working. 29 C.F.R. § 1630.2(I). To be substantially limited in any of these activities, a person must be unable to perform the major life activity or be significantly restricted as to condition, manner or duration under which [he] can perform a particular major life activity as compared to the condition, manner or duration under which the average person in the general population can perform that same major life activity. 29 C.F.R. § 1630.2(j); see also Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams, 534 U.S. 184, 195, 122 S.Ct. 681, 151 L.Ed.2d 615 (2002); EEOC v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 306 F.3d 794, 802 (9th Cir.2002). 18 At the district court summary judgment hearing, Coons identified travel as the only major life activity that was limited by his impairments. 1 There is no authority that describes air travel as a major life activity. There is, however, authority denying a plaintiff ADA relief on grounds that travel is not a major life activity. See Reeves v. Johnson Controls, World Servs., Inc., 140 F.3d 144, 152-53 (2d Cir.1998) (holding that everyday mobility, defined by plaintiff as, among other things, going to unfamiliar places that would involve staying overnight, was not a major life activity). 19 Even if travel were a major life activity, Coons would have to show that he is either unable to travel, or that the condition, manner, or duration under which he can travel is significantly restricted as compared to that of an average person. Coons does not argue that he cannot travel because of his impairments, but only that he cannot travel extensively. Further, he does not present any evidence that the condition, manner, or duration under which he can travel is restricted in any way other than not to travel extensively. 2 20 Because Coons presents no evidence or legal authority to show that his impairments substantially limit any major life activities, we hold that he is not a disabled person under the first ADA test. 21