May 27, 2026: I reduced the coverage question to one word and sent Shiptenko a threshold yes/no request with a Friday deadline

State Bar of Georgia · ADA Access Diary · Day 18 of 25

I reduced the coverage question to one word and sent Shiptenko a threshold yes/no request with a Friday deadline.

What had to be true

For a yes/no demand to be warranted, the Bar had to have repeatedly stated and dodged the coverage question without ever giving a plain answer.

What I argued

• The single threshold question: "Does the State Bar of Georgia agree that Title II of the ADA applies to access to its attorney-grievance process, yes or no?"
• Distinguished ordinary correspondence costs from "institutional correction work shifted onto" I by the Bar's file-placement failure.
• Listed eighteen contradictory Bar ADA/Title II positions and preserved non-waiver of all requests.
• Requested a written yes/no "by Friday, May 29, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern."

What the Bar said

None on this date (the deadline pointed to May 29).

What it cost

I recorded "the health, family, money, software, and limited-capacity burden caused by the Bar's admitted file-placement failure," and the work of compiling eighteen contradictory positions just to pin down one yes/no answer.

The documents from this day

• I asked the Bar one question: does ADA Title II apply, yes or no

Read the full story on the State Bar page. See the record in the document room.