BLACKMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. CIV. A. 97-1629(PLF), CIV. A. 97-2402(PLF).

145 F.Supp.2d 47 (2001)

Mikeisha BLACKMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Defendants. James Jones, et al., Plaintiffs, v. District of Columbia, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara Lynn Seltzer, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, Charles Anthony Moran, Washington, DC, Ronald Lee Drake, Washington, DC, Myrna L. Fawcett, Bonita Alexis Jones-Moon, Fawcett & Fawcett, Washington, DC, Paul Leonard Chassy, Chassy & Chassy, Kensington, MD, Margaret A. Kohn, Kohn & Einstein, Washington, DC, Andrew L. Lipps, Ky Elaine Kirby, Alisa H. Reff, Swidler, Berlin, Shereff & Friedman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Carolyn W. Houck, Chevy Chase, MD, for Mikesha Blackman by Mary Ann Blackman.

Tamara Lynn Seltzer, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, Charles Anthony Moran, Washington, DC, Paul Leonard Chassy, Chassy & Chassy, Kensington, MD, Andrew L. Lipps, Ky Elaine Kirby, Alisa H. Reff, Swidler, Berlin, Shereff & Friedman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Daryl Buckner by Dr. Paul Chassy, James Jones by Carolyn Jones.

Tamara Lynn Seltzer, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC, Charles Anthony Moran, Washington, DC, Andrew L. Lipps, Ky Elaine Kirby, Alisa H. Reff, Swidler, Berlin, Shereff & Friedman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Samantha Jones by Diane Jones, Porshanay Long by Rosa Long, Leonard Lucas by Carol Dalton, Henderson Manning by Phyllis Wright, Monique Preston by Gloria Sprauve, Donald Slaughter by Harold Slaughter.

James E. Williams, III, Jester & Williams, Washington, DC, for John Young.

Sara Dorsch, Children's Law Center, Washington, DC, Daniel Adlai Katz, Andalman & Flynn, Silver Spring, MD, for Michael Edmonds.

James Edward Brown, Travis Anthony Murrell, Murrell & Brown, Washington, DC, for Andrew Durham.

Elizabeth Tacy Jester, James E Williams, III, Jester & Williams, Washington, DC, for Jerome Morris, Gloria Morris, Terry Goings, Janikwa Henry, Sheila Link, Demarkus Link, Joeann Lewis, Robert Lewis, Mattie Cheeks, Reginald Alston, Cecilia Ginyard, Mary Wesley, Diane Blackwell, Equilla Blackwell, Zina Smith, Shawn Sanders, Elizabeth Jones, Wayne Young.

Elizabeth Tacy Jester, Jester & Williams, Washington, DC, for Sharon Stafford, Kevona Stafford, Dionne Timmons, Delores Mitchell, Travis Mitchell, Raynard Hough, Myculle Miller, Michelle Bridgeford.

Anna Elizabeth Jenefsky, Washington, DC, for Jenee Mosley.

Myrna L. Fawcett, Bonita Alexis Jones-Moon, Fawcett & Fawcett, Washington, DC, for Rosa Sharpe, James Howard, Deborah Foster, Denis Foster, Carolyn Rogers, Melody Simms, Joycene Higson, Kenneth Wills, Sharon Slade, Van Slade, Shirley Marrow, Sharnieka Marrow, Shelby Lucas, Donnell Miller, Elise Richardson, Michael Richardson, Ethel Wright, Mosis Blackmon.

Karen D. Alvarez, Washington, DC, for Chanette Alston, Alvero Mayen, Wendy Mayen.

Bonita Alexis Jones-Moon, Fawcett & Fawcett, Washington, DC, for Kim Davis, John Davis.

Myrna L. Fawcett, Fawcett & Fawcett, Washington, DC, for Paula Velasquez, Christian Cruz, Peter Howard.

James E. Williams, III, Jester & Williams, Washington, DC, for Martha Harris, Jarnese Harris.

Ellen Douglass Dalton, Paul S. Dalton, Dalton & Dalton, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Marion Bittle, Ida Mae Thomas, Jennifer Franklin, Tammy Pleasant, ex rel., Anthony Pleasant, Paulette Glenn ex rel., Julius Johnson, Gloria Adams ex rel., Latoya Adams, Lakisha Webster ex rel., Stephanie Flood, Marcus Washington.

Arthur Hughes Fawcett, Jr., Mryna L. Fawcett, Fawcett & Fawcett, Washington, DC, for Michael Richardson, Elsie Richardson.

Diana Marjorie Savit, Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky & Norwind, P.A., Rockville, MD, for Louisa Caroline Wagley, by Polly King.

Daniel Herbert Margolis, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, William Johnson Earl, Jr., Edward P. Taptich, Nancy S. Schultz, Urenthea McQuinn, Cary Dale Pollack, Lisa Annette Bell, Robert C. Utiger, Melvin W. Bolden, Jr., Robert Ray Rigsby, Jeffrey Thomas Infelise, Andrew W. Racca, Office of Corp. Counsel, D.C., Washington, DC, Veleter Mazych, Cathye Hopkins, DCPS General Counsel, Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for District of Columbia.

Barbara A. Miller, Lisa Annette Bell, Robert C. Utiger, Office of Corp. Counsel, D.C., Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for District of Columbia Public Schools.

Lisa Annette Bell, Robert C. Utiger, Office of Corp. Counsel, D.C., Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for Julius W. Becton, Jr.

Charles Anthony Moran, Washington, DC, for Sherita Taylor.

Charles Anthony Moran, Washington, DC, for Keineth Ewell, Shontay Alexander, Jay Brown, Delonte Taylor, Vincent Martin, Aaron Sanders, Debra Y, DeAngelo McNeil, Teon Lindsey, Derrick Boney, Mirian Batista, Antwon Lee, Marcus Taylor, Kieran Ewell, Grace Creek, Bronzella Alexander, Corrie Stoney, Jacqueline Nero, Maria James, Thomasia Moore, Ione Moody, Darlene Taylor, Herbert Herbert, Branda Taylor, Karen howze, Angela Wells, Gloria Leak Shelby, Cynthia Lewis, Brunilda Sandoval, Denise Lee.


OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

On September 13, 2000, the Court issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order awarding plaintiff Michael Edmonds $32,709.25 in attorneys' fees and costs. The Court ordered defendants to pay a portion of the attorneys' fees and all of the costs immediately and stayed the payment of the remainder of the fee award "pending the outcome of the Petties appeal and/or until the [fee] cap [enacted by Congress...

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