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No. 13-2153
MICHAEL GODBEY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INCORPORATED,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Statesville.
Richard L.
Voorhees, District Judge. (5:12-cv-00004-RLV-DSC)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
In the present appeal, Michael Godbey (Godbey), a male in
his
mid-30s
who
has
been
deaf
since
birth,
challenges
the
(the
Act),
29
U.S.C.
794(a).
According
to
Godbey,
patient
at
Iredell
on
six
occasions
in
2010
of
the
Act
provides
that
individual
with
and
on
one
occasion in 2011.
Section
qualified
. . . shall,
504
solely
by
disability
reason
of
her
in
or
[n]o
the
his
otherwise
United
States
disability,
be
Federal
financial
assistance
. . . .
29
U.S.C.
794(a).
by
Iredell
being
deliberately
indifferent
to
Godbeys
medical
condition
and
medical
treatment.
Godbey
v.
Iredell
Id., at *1-8.
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