DUNN v. THOMAS

Civil Action No. 2:14cv601-MHT.

JOSHUA DUNN, at al., Plaintiffs, v. KIM THOMAS, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

November 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Dunn, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Edward Braggs, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Tedrick Brooks, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Gary Lee Broyles, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Richard Businelle, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Bobby Copeland, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Howard Carter, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Chandler Clements, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Robert Dillard, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Christopher Gilbert, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Dwight Hagood, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Daletrick Hardy, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Sylvester Hartley, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Christopher Jackson, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Brandon Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

John Maner, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Rick Martin, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Willie McClendon, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Roger McCoy, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Jermaine Mitchell, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Kenneth Moncrief, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Tommie Moore, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Matthew Mork, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Zerrick Naylor, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Bradley Pearson, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Leviticus Pruitt, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Turner Rogers, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Jonathan Sanford, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Timothy Sears, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Brian Sellers, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Augustus Smith, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Richard Terrell, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Hubert Tollar, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Daniel Tooley, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Joseph Torres, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Donald Ray Turner, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

William Villar, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Jamie Wallace, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Robert Myniasha Williams, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

All Plaintiffs, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Roger Moseley, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Quang Bui, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Cherry Baker, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Charlie Henderson, Plaintiff, represented by Ebony Glenn Howard , Southern Poverty Law Center, James Patrick Hackney , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Latasha Lanette McCrary , Southern Poverty Law Center, Maria V Morris , Southern Poverty Law Center, Miriam Fahsl Haskell , Southern Poverty Law Center & William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program.

Kim Thomas, Defendant, represented by Mitesh Shah , Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC & William Richard Lunsford , Maynard Cooper & Gale PC.

Ruth Naglich, Defendant, represented by Mitesh Shah , Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC & William Richard Lunsford , Maynard Cooper & Gale PC.

Alabama Department of Corrections, Defendant, represented by David Randall Boyd , Balch & Bingham LLP, John Garland Smith , Balch & Bingham LLP, Michael Leon Edwards , Balch & Bingham LLP, Susan Nettles Han , Balch & Bingham, LLP, Alyce Robertson Addison , Alabama Department of Corrections, Anne Adams Hill , Alabama Department of Corrections & Elizabeth Anne Sees , Alabama Department of Corrections.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

On November 24, 2014, this court held an on-the-record conference call with counsel for all parties present, during which several topics were discussed. Among those topics were the previously entered scheduling order (doc. no. 61), as well as the desired pretrial and trial schedule. Upon consideration of the previous order and the preferences of the parties, the court is amending the previous order.

Accordingly...

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