John Doe v. Snyder et al

Filing 88

ORDER DIRECTING Parties to Submit Memoranda with Proposed Orders, ( Memoranda due by 3/30/2020) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

JOHN DOE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 16-13137

RICHARD SNYDER, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO SUBMIT
MEMORANDA WITH PROPOSED ORDERS
On March 26, 2020, the court held a telephonic status conference to discuss how
this case should proceed with the entry of judgment and distribution of notices in light of
the practical limitations created by the current COVID-19 pandemic and a declaration of
a state of emergency at both the national and state levels. The parties were in
agreement that the initial deadlines outlined in the court’s February 14, 2020 opinion
and order are no longer feasible based on the currently strained administrative
resources of law enforcement, significantly hobbled in responding to the pandemic.
Under the existing circumstances, the parties agree that the court should defer
entry of final judgment in this case and also agree that additional direction from the
court is needed. However, the parties disagree as to the precise substance of that
direction.
Following a series of telephone organizational conferences with the court, each
side has drafted and exchanged with opposing counsel a proposed interim order
addressing how this case should proceed during the present state of emergency. As

discussed during the telephone conference of March 26, 2020, the court will direct the
parties to present their proposed orders as exhibits to concise memoranda (one
memorandum per side) in which the parties explain the basis for their position and offer
a critique of the proposed order of the opposing side. The attached proposed orders
should be clearly labeled as proposed orders. The court will review and carefully
consider these competing memoranda and will ultimately enter its own order providing
further guidance in this case. Accordingly
IT IS ORDERED that each side FILE a memorandum on the docket, with a
proposed order as an attachment, no later than the close of business on March 30,
2020.
s/Robert H. Cleland
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ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: March 27, 2020
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, March 27, 2020, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]
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