Opinion ID: 1227333
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Mary Martin's ADA and Rehabilitation Act Claims

Text: Mary Martin appeals the district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law to the Department on her ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims, which allege financial and emotional loss as a result of the Department's alleged discrimination against her mother. The district court held that Mary's ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims were procedurally improper because the Department did not cause her direct injury. We need not reach the question whether Mary can bring third-party claims under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act because her derivative claims are premised entirely on the existence of illegal discrimination against Dorothy. Because the Department did not discriminate against Dorothy, no derivative claim could succeed on the merits, even if it were procedurally proper. See United States v. Washington, 969 F.2d 752, 755 (9th Cir.1992) (We may affirm on any basis supported by the record even if the district court did not rely on that basis. (internal quotation marks omitted)).