United States of America v. City of Seattle

Filing 448

ORDER APPROVING THE PARTIES' AND THE MONITOR'S AGREED PHASE II SUSTAINMENT PERIOD PLAN signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 13 CITY OF SEATTLE, ORDER APPROVING THE PARTIES’ AND THE MONITOR’S AGREED PHASE II SUSTAINMENT PERIOD PLAN Defendant. 14 15 CASE NO. C12-1282JLR On January 10, 2018, the court ordered Plaintiff United States of America (“the 16 Government”), Defendant City of Seattle (“the City”), and the Monitor to “meet, confer, 17 and prepare a plan for discharging their obligations under the Consent Decree during the 18 Phase II sustainment period.” (1/10/18 Order (Dkt. # 439) at 14, see id. at 16; see also 19 Consent Decree (Dkt. # 3-1, as amended at Dkt. # 13).) Before the court is Defendant 20 City of Seattle’s (“the City”) memorandum outlining the parties’ agreed plan for 21 proceeding under the Phase II sustainment period (“the Sustainment Period Plan” or “the 22 Plan”). (City Mem. (Dkt. # 444).) The City asks the court to issue an order approving ORDER - 1 1 the Plan. (Id. at 16.) The Government and the Monitor filed separate memoranda 2 supporting the Plan. (US Mem. (Dkt. # 446); Monitor Mem. (Dkt. # 445).) The court 3 has carefully reviewed the Sustainment Period Plan (see City Mem.) and the matrix of 4 deadlines attached as exhibit A to the Plan (Matrix (Dkt. # 444-1)). Being fully advised, 5 the court APPROVES the Sustainment Period Plan and the attached matrix of deadlines 6 as the governing documents for the parties’ and the Monitor’s conduct of Phase II of the 7 Consent Decree. 8 Dated this 13th day of March, 2018. 9 10 A 11 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ORDER - 2

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