National Federation of the Blind et al v. Scribd, Inc.

Filing 22

ORDER granting 21 Unopposed Motion to Request Transcriptionists for Plaintiffs' Attorney. Signed by Judge William K. Sessions III on 2/10/2015. (law)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
DISTRICT OF VERMONT
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE
BLIND, ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS
AND ITSELF, AND HEIDI VIENS,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SCRIBD, INC.,

Docket No. 2:14-cv-00162-wks

Defendant.
ORDER

On February 10, 2015, Plaintiffs filed an Unopposed Motion to Request Transcriptionists
for Plaintiffs’ Attorney.
Plaintiffs’ Attorney Haben Girma is deafblind. Pursuant to “Guidelines for Providing
Services to the Hearing-Impaired and Other Persons with Communications Disabilities,” Guide
to Judiciary Policies and Procedures, Vol. I (Administrative Manual), Ch. III, Part H, this Court
finds that speech-to-Braille transcription is an appropriate auxiliary service necessary to ensure
that Attorney Girma will be able to fully participate in the in-court proceedings in this matter.
Plaintiffs’ motion is, therefore, GRANTED, and plaintiffs’ attorneys are instructed to
cooperate as necessary with the Court Clerk to identify and secure, at the Judiciary’s expense,
satisfactory speech-to-Braille transcription services as described in the Motion.
DATED AT Burlington, in the District of Vermont, this 10th day of February, 2015.
/s/ William K. Sessions III___________
William K. Sessions III
Judge for the U.S. District Court
District of Vermont

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