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Cite as: 546 U. S. 151 (2006)

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Opinion of the Court

Hardy Myers of Oregon, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Patrick J. Crank of Wyoming.† Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. We consider whether a disabled inmate in a state prison may sue the State for money damages under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA or Act), 104 Stat. 337, as amended, 42 U. S. C. § 12131 et seq. (2000 ed. and Supp. II). I A Title II of the ADA provides that “no qualiﬁed individual with a disability shall, by reason of such disability, be ex­ cluded from participation in or be denied the beneﬁts of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or be sub­ jected to discrimination by any such entity.” § 12132 (2000 ed.). A “ ‘qualiﬁed individual with a disability’ ” is deﬁned as “an individual with a disability who, with or without rea­ sonable modiﬁcations to rules, policies, or practices, the removal of architectural, communication, or transportation barriers, or the provision of auxiliary aids and services, †Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were ﬁled for ADAPT et al. by Paul M. Smith, Mark R. Heilbrun, Stephen F. Gold, Elizabeth Alexander, David C. Fathi, Richard Taranto, Gerald Weber, Catherine Hanssens, Steve Banks, John Boston, Rhonda Brownstein, and Leonard Zandrow; for the American Association on Mental Retardation et al. by James W. Ellis, Michael B. Browde, and April Land; for the American Bar Association by Robert J. Grey, Jr.; for former President George H. W. Bush by C. Boyden Gray and A. Stephen Hut, Jr.; for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law et al. by Charles Lester, Jr., Barbara R. Arnwine, Michael L. Foreman, Ossai Miazad, Vincent A. Eng, Elliot M. Mincberg, and Angela Ciccolo; for the National Disability Rights Network by Kathleen Behan and Joan A. Magagna; for Paralyzed Veterans of America et al. by Jerrold J. Ganzfried and Elizabeth B. McCallum; and for Dick Thornburgh et al. by Charles D. Siegal, Bradley S. Phillips, Daniel P. Collins, Peter Blanck, Arlene Mayerson, and Eve Hill.