BLACKMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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

321 F.Supp.2d 99 (2004)

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.

June 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Lipps, Ky Elaine Kirby, Swidler, Berlin, Shereff & Friedman, L.L.P., Carolyn W. Houck, Chevy Chase, MD, Charles A. Moran, Myrna L. Fawcett, Bonita Alexis Jones-Moon, Fawcett & Fawcett, Paul Leonaed Chassy, Chassy & Chassy, Kensington, MD, Ronald Lee Drake, Tamara Lynn Seltzer, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Alisa H. Reff, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Margaret A. Kohn, Donna Lee Wulkan, Washington, DC, for Mikeisha Blackman, et al., Plaintiffs.

Cary D. Pollak, Daniel Albert Rezneck, Office of Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, Daniel Herbert Margolis, Patton Boggs, LLP, Jeffrey Thomas Infelise, Office of Corporation Counsel, D.C., Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlinfton, VA, Lisa Annette Bell, Office of the General Counsel, DC, Dept. of Consumer & Regulatory Affair, Robert C. Utiger, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Urenthea McQuinn, Office of Corporation Counsel, D.C., Robert Ray Rigsby, Office of Corporation Counsel, D.C., Veleter Mazych, DCPS General Counsel, Veronica A. Porter, Office of Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for District of Columbia, et al., Defendants.

Paul Leonard Chassy, Chassy & Chassy, Kensington, MD, for James Jones, et al., Plaintiffs.

Urenthea McQuinn, William Randolph Morel, Office of Corporation Counsel, D.C., Melvin W. Bolden, Jr., Office of the Corporation Counsel for DC, Equity Division, Cary K. Pollak, Office of Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Laurie Pouzzner McManus, Arlington, VA, for District of Columbia, et al., Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

On September 4, 2003, the parties in this litigation filed a proposed consent decree that they represented was a fair, reasonable and adequate resolution of these lawsuits. See Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Consent Decree at 1. The parties jointly requested that the Court issue an order granting preliminary approval of the proposed decree and schedule a fairness hearing. See...

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