Lancaster et al v. Guess et al

Filing 19

ORDER granting 17 Joint Motion to Dismiss Case; Case dismissed with prejudice; issues raised relate to remedial desegregation provisions established in case 88-1142; court retains jurisdiction. Signed by Honorable Harry F. Barnes on July 26, 2010. (cnn)

L a n c a s t e r et al v. Guess et al

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U N I T E D STATES DISTRICT COURT F ' O RTHE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS E L DORADO DIVISION D O U G L A S LAIICASTER and DENISE L A N C A S T E R , INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE NATURAL PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF RACHEL L A I I C A S T E & A MINOR v.

PLAINTIFFS

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D R . JERRY GUESSIN HIS CAPACITY A S SUPERINTENDENTOF CAMDEN F A I R V I E W SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 16: A N D CARY BENNETT, PHIL FOSTER, W I L L I A M McCOY, EDDIE MOORE, M A C O N PATTON, TOMMY RAINES AND C L I F F O R D STEELMAN IN THEIR C A P A C I T I E S AS MEMBERS OF THE B O A R D OF DIRECTORS OF CAMDENF A I R V I E W SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 16: HARMONY G R O V E SCHOOL DISTRICT ORDER

DEFENDANTS

Beforethe Court is thejoint motion of the partiesto dismissthis action. Upon consideration Court finds and concludes: the 1 . Theplaintiffs' complaintis dismissed with prejudice.The dismissal plaintiffs' of complaintconcludes litigation as to all claimsasserted this hereinby any party. All partiesareto b e a rtheirown fees,expenses, coult costs. and 2. The plaintiffs' complaintraisedissues provisions relatedto the remedialdesegregation e s t a b l i s h eandappliedto Camden d FairviewSchoolDistrict(CFSD)andHGSD in Case No. 88I l 4 2 , U . S.Dist.Ct.,W. D. Ark. For thatreason, motionof CFSDto addHGSDasa the d e f e n d a n t granted.Regarding was saidCase No. 88-1l42,theCourtfinds andconcludes the that

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provisionsset forth in paragraph order,and remedial 1[C] of the November27, 1990consent paragraph of the February1,2002 orderremainin full force and effect at this time. 10 l0 1,2002orderis, however, modifiedto requirethat 3 . Paragraph of the February to at CFSDobtainapprovalof this Court prior to grantingits written consent the attendance to H G S Dof the child of a CFSDresident who is an employee HGSD,pursuant A.C.A. $ 6-18of 203. jurisdictionof this casesolelyfor thepurpose enforcing 4 . The Courtretains of the p a r t i e s 'settlement for agreement; of the aforesaid and Case No. 88-1142 the purpose of enforcingits orderstherein. I T IS SO ORDERED.

APPROVEDAS TO CONTENT AND FORM: /s/ JamesM. Pratt, Jr. James Pratt,Jr. M. Attomey for Plaintiffs /s/ Allen P. Roberts A l l e n P. Roberts Attorneyfor CFSD

/s/ Eueene Bramblett D. Eugene Bramblett D. Attorneyfor HGSD

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