Filed: Oct. 23, 2018
Latest Update: Oct. 23, 2018
Summary: ORDER SCHEDULING A STATUS CONFERENCE JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . Before the court is a letter from Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor of Defendant City of Seattle ("the City"), and Carmen Best, Chief of Police of the Seattle Police Department ("SPD"). (Letter (Dkt. # 484).) The letter informs the court that Mayor Durkan's office has successfully negotiated a Tentative Agreement ("TA") with the Seattle Police Officers' Guild ("SPOG"). ( Id. at 1.) Based on the foregoing, the court hereby SCHEDU
Summary: ORDER SCHEDULING A STATUS CONFERENCE JAMES L. ROBART , District Judge . Before the court is a letter from Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor of Defendant City of Seattle ("the City"), and Carmen Best, Chief of Police of the Seattle Police Department ("SPD"). (Letter (Dkt. # 484).) The letter informs the court that Mayor Durkan's office has successfully negotiated a Tentative Agreement ("TA") with the Seattle Police Officers' Guild ("SPOG"). ( Id. at 1.) Based on the foregoing, the court hereby SCHEDUL..
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ORDER SCHEDULING A STATUS CONFERENCE
JAMES L. ROBART, District Judge.
Before the court is a letter from Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor of Defendant City of Seattle ("the City"), and Carmen Best, Chief of Police of the Seattle Police Department ("SPD"). (Letter (Dkt. # 484).) The letter informs the court that Mayor Durkan's office has successfully negotiated a Tentative Agreement ("TA") with the Seattle Police Officers' Guild ("SPOG"). (Id. at 1.)
Based on the foregoing, the court hereby SCHEDULES a status conference for November 1, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. The court DIRECTS the parties and other interested entities as described below to address the following topics at the status conference:
(1) the process and timeline by which the TA will be finalized;
(2) next steps in the event the TA is not finalized;
(3) the parties' preliminary positions on whether the TA complies with the terms and purpose of the Consent Decree;1
(4) the point at which the court should review any agreement between the City and SPOG to ensure compliance with the Consent Decree, and the process for such a review.2
The purpose of the November 1, 2018, status conference is not for the court to make any substantive determinations concerning the TA, but rather to update the court on the current status of events involving the TA and to formulate a plan for moving forward in a manner consistent with Phase II of the Consent Decree in light of recent events. To prepare for the status conference, the court ORDERS the City and Plaintiff United States of America to each submit a memorandum no later than Monday, October 29, 2018, that addresses the topics listed above and is no more than ten (10) pages in length. In addition, the SPD and the Community Police Commission each may, but are not required to, submit a separate memorandum addressing the same topics and subject to the same deadline and page limitation.