A former public defender, who claimed the Defender Association of Philadelphia failed to accommodate her major depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, made “objectively unreasonable” requests, the association has argued in its motion to dismiss her lawsuit.

The Defender Association on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in late April. The agency’s motion contends that it provided every reasonable accommodation to the attorney, and only fired her after she requested an “open and indefinite” leave of absence.

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