Dunn et al v. Thomas et al

Filing 2751

PHASE 1 ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING FURTHER PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO ADA CONSENT DECREE: Accordingly, based on these representations and for the reasons previously detailed in this court's prior order preliminarily approving modifications to the Phase 1 consent decree (doc. no. 2671 ), it is ORDERED as follows: (1) The parties' joint motion to preliminarily approve further modifications to the Phase 1 consent decree (doc. no. 2748 ) is granted. (2) In order to facilitate and a ssure clear notice of the proposed modification and to aid enforcement, the parties previously reduced their modifications of the Phase 1 consent decree to a single, comprehensive document (doc. no. 2678 ). The parties are to file an updated version of this document, such that the summary includes the proposed modifications previously preliminarily approved as well as the further proposed modifications now preliminarily approved, by February 7, 2020. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 2/7/2020.(kh, )

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:14cv601-MHT (WO) PHASE 1 ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING FURTHER PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO ADA CONSENT DECREE This court previously preliminarily approved the parties’ joint proposed modifications to the Phase 1 consent decree. See Order (doc. no. 2671). The court now has under submission the parties’ joint motion to further modify the Phase 1 consent decree due to an operational change at ADOC. 2748). In Correctional short, death Facility Correctional Facility. See Joint Motion (doc. no. row were inmates relocated See id. at 2 ¶ 3. at Donaldson to Holman As a result, the parties’ proposal is to (1) remove from the list of proposed modifications the requirement for ADOC to make specific changes to death row cells at Donaldson; (2) add to the list of proposed modifications a requirement to make specific changes to “two ... crisis cells in S unit at Donaldson”; (3) add to the list of proposed modifications a requirement to provide “shower chairs for inmates with a disability house on death row at Holman list [Correctional of “assign[] Facility]”; proposed and modifications design[ate] ... and a (4) add to the requirement to correctional staff to provide rescue assistance for inmates with a disability house on death row at Holman.” Id. at 2-3 ¶ 4(a)-(d). The deadlines for these proposed modifications are as follows. The deadline for (2) would be June 1, 2021, see id. at 3 ¶ 4(b), the same as the deadline for the completion of all other specific changes that are part of what is known as the “Expedited List,” see Joint Response to Order (doc. no. 2678) at 4. to Summarize Modifications Based on representations made on 2 the record during a status conference on February 6, 2020, the deadline for (3) would be no later than 28 days after this court’s order; and the deadline for (4) would be no later than three days after this court’s order. Accordingly, based on these representations and for the reasons previously detailed in this court’s prior order preliminarily approving modifications to the Phase 1 consent decree (doc. no. 2671), it is ORDERED as follows: (1) The parties’ joint motion to preliminarily approve further modifications to the Phase 1 consent decree (doc. no. 2748) is granted. (2) In order to facilitate and assure clear notice of the proposed enforcement, their decree the modification parties modifications to a of single, (doc. no. 2678). and previously the Phase comprehensive 1 to aid reduced consent document The parties are to file an updated version of this document, such that the 3 summary includes the proposed modifications previously preliminarily approved as well as the further proposed modifications preliminarily approved, by February 7, 2020. DONE, this the 7th day of February, 2020. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 4 now

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