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in 1990 congress passed the americans with disabilities act or ada the act prohibited public entities including state governments and prisons from discriminating against disabled individuals additionally the act authorized individuals harmed by discrimination to sue public entities for monetary damages in passing the ada congress relied on section 5 of the 14th amendment which granted congress the power to enforce by law the provisions of the 14th amendment tony goodman was a paraplegic inmate in the georgia prison system he brought suit under the ada seeking monetary damages against the state of georgia and several state and prison officials goodman alleged violations of the eighth amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment specifically he challenged the legality of his confinement conditions and further claimed that he'd been denied medical treatment and access to prison programs because of his disability georgia responded with a summary judgment motion arguing that the 11