PIGFORD v. VENEMAN

Nos. CIV.A.97-1978(PLF), CIV.A.98-1693(PLF).

217 F.Supp.2d 95 (2002)

Timothy PIGFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann M. VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant. Cecil Brewington, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, David A. Branch, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, J. L. Chestnut, Jr., Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Pettaway, Campbell & Albright, Selma, AL, John Michael Clifford, Mona Lyons, Clifford, Lyons & Garde, Caroline Lewis Wolverton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Marcus B. Jimison, Stephon J. Bowens, Durham, NC, Phillip L. Fraas, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Michael Sitcov, Terry M. Henry, Susan Hall Lennon, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Daniel Edward Bensing, U.S. Department of Justice Federal Programs Branch, Amanda Quester, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, David Monro Souders, Weiner Brodsky Sidman & Kider, PC., Elizabeth Goitein, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Wyndell Oliver Banks, Washington, DC, for Non party.

Randi Ilyse Roth, St. Paul, MN, Pro se.

John Wesley Davis, Washington, DC, James W. Myart, Jr., Law Offices of James W. Myart, Jr., & Associates, San Antonio, TX, for Claimant.

Evans M. Folins, Los Valores, CA, Pro se.

Dennis Charles Sweet, Lanston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese, Jackson, MS, Ford C. Ladd, Alexandria, VA, Gerald Robert Lear, Arlington, VA, for Movants.

Evelyn M. Coleman, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.

Willie S. Maymon, Rolling Fork, MS, Pro se.

Colie Dixon, Sr., Georgetown, MS, Pro se.

L D. Maymon, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.

Lois S. Clark, Wesson, MS, Pro se.

Curtis Dixon, Jackson, MS, Pro se.

Linda Catching, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.

Henry A. Vaughn, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.

Floria A. Vaughn, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.

Marilynn Stewart, Jackson, MS, Pro se.

Ezra McNair, Crystal Springs, MS, Pro se.

Grover Miller, Georgetown, MS, Pro se.

Geraldstine Miller, Georgetown, MS, Pro se.

Larry D. Barnes, Harrisville, MS, Pro se.

Edith Lomax-Barnes, Crystal Springs, MS, Pro se.

Daryl Brentr, Pinola, MS, Pro se.

Curtis Dixon, Jackson, MS, Pro se.

Harold B. Dixon, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.

Larry Garrett, Georgetown, MS, Pro se.

Velma J. Collins, Hazlehurst, MS, Pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

The Court has before it two motions filed by several pro se members of the plaintiff class: a motion to vacate the Consent Decree in this case or, in the alternative, to stay all proceedings pending order on said motion, and a motion to remove lead Class Counsel, both requesting an emergency hearing.1 Because the Court finds that these motions concern common...

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