context: See Hudson v. MCI Telecom. Plaintiff bore the initial burden of initiating an interactive process with OAS by proposing an accommodation and showing that the accommodation was objectively reasonable.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 180 F.3d 1171, 1171
citation_a.parenthetical: interactive process begins by an employee expressing a desire for reassignment if no reasonable accommodation is possible in his existing job
citation_a.sentence: See Woodman, 132 F.3d at 1344 (initial burden is on the employee to suggest a “plausible accommodation”); see also Midland Brake, 180 F.3d at 1171 (interactive process begins by an employee expressing a desire for reassignment if no reasonable accommodation is possible in his existing job).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 132 F.3d 1344, 1344
citation_b.parenthetical: initial burden is on the employee to suggest a "plausible accommodation"
citation_b.sentence: See Woodman, 132 F.3d at 1344 (initial burden is on the employee to suggest a “plausible accommodation”); see also Midland Brake, 180 F.3d at 1171 (interactive process begins by an employee expressing a desire for reassignment if no reasonable accommodation is possible in his existing job).