Case: Battle v. D.C.

1:99-cv-01788 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 1, 1999

Closed Date: 2006

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Case Summary

On July 1, 1999, a group of individuals confined at the District of Columbia Jail filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging their treatment and conditions of confinement. At the time the suit (Battle v. D.C.) was filed, the D.C. jail had been operating under numerous court orders issued in the case Campbell v. McGruder since 1975. A Special Officer had been appointed to monitor and oversee reform measures at the jail. The plaintiffs alleged that th…

Our case information is limited as there are no reported opinions and only certain pleadings are available from the PACER docket. The Battle case was consolidated with two other cases pending against the District of Columbia, Anderson-Bey v. D.C. (1:00-cv-02000-RCL) and Blango v. D.C. (1:99-cv-02179). These cases were later deconsolidated from Battle.

The docket reflects that on June 26, 2002, the District Court (Judge Royce C. Lamberth) certified the case as a class action. Notices were sent to potential class members and reports were filed regarding the progress in notification. Those reports were not available and it was otherwise unclear from the docket what transpired with regard to the class claims after certification.

On July 1, 2004, 13 of the named plaintiffs' claims were settled. The remaining five plaintiffs who did not settle agreed to waive any claim for attorneys' fees. In exchange, the District of Columbia stipulated that if a jury found that one of its employees caused or subjected a plaintiff to deprivation of a constitutional right, the District of Columbia would be liable for any such judgment. The remaining plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment on October 27, 2004.

Settlement discussion ensued and the proceedings were stayed pending negotiations. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay mediated the case, but a settlement was not reached. As the defendants never responded to plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment, the District Court (Judge Royce C. Lamberth) granted the motion. Judge Lamberth denied defendants' motion to reconsider and issued pre-trial orders dated January 26 and 31, 2006 ordering that certain facts were deemed admitted at trial, including that plaintiffs were subjected to excessive force and unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the following categories: (1) poor sanitation (inoperable, backed-up, and unclean toilets or sinks; feces, urine, saliva, and other dirt and filth on floors, walls, bars, and other surfaces; insects including roaches, gnats, water bugs, centipedes, and fruit flies; lack of cleaning agents and cleaning tools); (2) personal cleanliness (cut-off water supply; inadequate supply of hot and/or cold water; dirty water; inoperable sinks; denial of access to showers; lack of personal hygiene items such as soap, toothbrushes, and toothpaste; lack of clean clothing, sheets and towels and no means to clean them); (3) eating utensils (requiring prisoners to use and re-use playing cards, scraps of Styrofoam, and their unwashed hands to eat); (4) heat (low temperature; insufficient clothing necessary for warmth; lack of blankets); (5) air (odors and contamination from chemical agents, smoke, feces, and urine); and (6) medical treatment (including denial of medical treatment)

After a two day jury trial beginning on January 31, 2006, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs Shannon Battle for $13,000; Bernard Brown for $33,000; Eugene Scott for $37,000; Vonsauli Smith for $85,000; and Timothy Williams for $80,000.

We have no post-verdict information indicating further actions occurring in this case.

Summary Authors

Dan Dalton (3/1/2008)

People

Judge(s)

Lamberth, Royce C. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dunham, Susan B. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Defendant

Adams, Eugene A. III (District of Columbia)

Anderson, Steven J. (District of Columbia)

DeBerardinis, Robert A. Jr. (District of Columbia)

Judge(s)

Lamberth, Royce C. (District of Columbia)

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dunham, Susan B. (District of Columbia)

Schember, Daniel McCrea (District of Columbia)

Shapiro, Samuel M. (Maryland)

Attorney for Defendant

Adams, Eugene A. III (District of Columbia)

Anderson, Steven J. (District of Columbia)

DeBerardinis, Robert A. Jr. (District of Columbia)

Lattimore, Phillip A. (District of Columbia)

Mullen, Martha J. (District of Columbia)

Murphy, Sean Joseph (Virginia)

Spagnoletti, Robert J. (District of Columbia)

Stern, Michael A. (District of Columbia)

Valentine, George C. (District of Columbia)

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Documents in this case

1:99-cv-01788	Docket [PACER]	Feb. 1, 2006	Feb. 1, 2006 Docket
110 1:99-cv-01788 1:00-cv-02000	Order [Denying Motion to Quash]	March 12, 2003	March 12, 2003 Order/Opinion
126 1:99-cv-01788	Stipulation of Voluntary Partial Dismissal	July 1, 2004	July 1, 2004 Pleading / Motion / Brief
127 1:99-cv-01788	Stipulation	July 12, 2004	July 12, 2004 Pleading / Motion / Brief
132 1:99-cv-01788	Motion by Plaintiffs S. Battle, Brown, Scott, Smith, and Williams for Partial Summary Judgment on Liability, against Defendant District of Columbia	Oct. 27, 2004	Oct. 27, 2004 Pleading / Motion / Brief
142 1:99-cv-01788	Order [Granting Enlargement of Time]	Nov. 8, 2005	Nov. 8, 2005 Order/Opinion
165 1:99-cv-01788	Pretrial Order	Jan. 26, 2006	Jan. 26, 2006 Order/Opinion
169 1:99-cv-01788	Amended [Pretrial] Order	Jan. 31, 2006	Jan. 31, 2006 Order/Opinion
171 1:99-cv-01788	Verdict Form	Feb. 1, 2006	Feb. 1, 2006 Other

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Docket

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ECF Number	Date	Description	Link
1	July 1, 1999	COMPLAINT filed by plaintiff KENNISON BATTLE, plaintiff SHANNON J. BATTLE, plaintiff BERNARD - BROWN, plaintiff JOSEPH CALLOWAY, plaintiff SEAN EDWARDS, plaintiff GREGORY GARY, plaintiff ERIC JACKSON, plaintiff CLIFTON JOHNSON, plaintiff EARL KING, plaintiff NED MCALLISTER, plaintiff ANTOINE MCCONNAUGHEY, plaintiff WILLIAM OLIVER, plaintiff BILLY RICHARDSON, plaintiff LEVY ROUSE, plaintiff EUGENE SCOTT, plaintiff VONSAULI SMITH, plaintiff ROBERT SPELLS, plaintiff TIMOTHY WILLIAMS; jury demand (st) (Entered: 07/09/1999)	PACER
	July 1, 1999	SUMMONS (28) issued for defendant DC, defendant WILLIAM PLAUT, defendant PATRICIA BRITTON-JACKSON, defendant MARVIN L. BROWN, defendant LARRY CORBETT, defendant H. BROADNAX, defendant - CLARK, defendant - COBB, defendant E. GIVAN, defendant J. IRVIN, defendant - MARTIN (st) (Entered: 07/09/1999)	PACER
2	July 9, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 7/9/99 upon defendant DC (st) (Entered: 07/12/1999)	PACER
3	July 9, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 7/9/99 upon defendant DC (st) (Entered: 07/12/1999)	PACER
4	Aug. 2, 1999	MOTION filed by defendant DC to extend time to to answer complaint [1-1] (st) (Entered: 08/27/1999)	PACER
5	Sept. 8, 1999	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to to answer complaint to 30 days from the date of this order [1-1] [4-1] by DC (N) (mon) (Entered: 09/09/1999)	PACER
6	Oct. 8, 1999	ANSWER TO COMPLAINT [1-1] by defendant DC . (st) (Entered: 10/12/1999)	PACER
7	Oct. 29, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 9/3/99 upon defendant PATRICIA BRITTON-JACKSON (st) (Entered: 11/04/1999)	PACER
8	Oct. 29, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 8/13/99 upon defendant COBB (st) (Entered: 11/04/1999)	PACER
9	Oct. 29, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 10/27/99 upon defendant MARVIN L. BROWN (st) (Entered: 11/04/1999)	PACER
10	Oct. 29, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 10/27/99 upon defendant LARRY CORBETT (st) (Entered: 11/04/1999)	PACER
11	Oct. 29, 1999	RETURN OF SERVICE/AFFIDAVIT of summons and complaint executed on 10/27/99 upon defendant MARTIN (st) (Entered: 11/04/1999)	PACER
12	Oct. 29, 1999	MOTION filed by plaintiff for order extending deadline to serve individual defendants, permitting discovery of defendants' locations, and requiring parties who have appeared to meet and confer (st) (Entered: 11/04/1999)	PACER
14	Dec. 22, 1999	ORDER nunc pro tunc by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for order extending deadline to serve individual defendants, permitting discovery of defendants' locations, and parties who have appeared to meet and confer [12-1] by plaintiffs; setting 1/27/00 deadline for service of summonses and complaints upon the individual defendants ; permitting plaintiff to seek information from defenanat D.C.; directing parties who have appeared to confer by 11/19/99. (N) (mon) (Entered: 12/27/1999)	PACER
	March 8, 2000	CASE REASSIGNED from Judge Lamberth on 3/8/00 to Judge Ellen S. Huvelle (bjsp) (Entered: 03/08/2000)	PACER
15	March 10, 2000	MOTION filed by plaintiffs for extension of deadline to serve individual defendants ; Declaration (1) (tth) (Entered: 03/13/2000)	PACER
16	March 14, 2000	ORDER by Judge Ellen S. Huvelle : granting motion for extension of deadline to serve individual defendants [15-1] by plaintiffs; directing that the deadline for service of summonses and complaints upon any unserved defendant in this case is extended for a period of 45 days from the date of entry of this order (N) (gdf) (Entered: 03/15/2000)	PACER
17	April 13, 2000	STATEMENT filed by plaintiff, regarding: notice of erroneous reassignment of case . (bjsp) (Entered: 04/14/2000)	PACER
18	April 21, 2000	MOTION filed by plaintiff to extend time to 30-day to serve individual defendants (jf) (Entered: 04/24/2000)	PACER
19	April 21, 2000	MOTION filed by plaintiffs' to compel response to first set of interrogatories to DC (jf) (Entered: 04/24/2000)	PACER
20	April 21, 2000	MEET AND CONFER STATEMENT/REPORT PURSUANT TO L.R. 16 filed by plaintiffs'. (jf) (Entered: 04/24/2000)	PACER
	April 26, 2000	CASE REASSIGNED to Judge Royce C. Lamberth (tth) (Entered: 04/27/2000)	PACER
21	April 28, 2000	NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL of motion to compel response to first set of interrogatories to DC [19-1] by plaintiffs and motion to extend time to 30-day to serve individual defendants [18-1] by plaintiffs (tth) (Entered: 05/01/2000)	PACER
22	June 5, 2000	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : Case assigned to the Complex track (track three). , discovery closes 2/10/01 ; plaintiff's rule 26(a)1 1/1/01 ; defendant's rule 26(a)1 due 1/1/01 (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/05/2000)	PACER
23	June 5, 2000	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion of plaintiffs' for extension of time to serve individual defendants; extending time until 30 days from receipt of discovery sought by 4/21/00 motion to compel. (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/05/2000)	PACER
25	Sept. 22, 2000	RESPONSE by defendant in opposition to motion to revise scheduling order [22-1] [24-1] by KENNISON BATTLE . (jf) (Entered: 09/25/2000)	PACER
26	Oct. 2, 2000	REPLY by plaintiffs to defendants' response to motion to revise pretrial schedule [22-1] [24-1] by KENNISON BATTLE (ab) Modified on 10/03/2000 (Entered: 10/03/2000)	PACER
27	Oct. 24, 2000	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to revise scheduling order [22-1] [24-1] by KENNISON BATTLE discovery closes 8/1/01 ; dispositive motions due 9/10/01 ; plaintiff's rule 26(b) 4/13/01 ; defendant's rule 26(b) due 6/1/01 (N) (mon) (Entered: 10/24/2000)	PACER
	Oct. 24, 2000	ALL PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTION 99-2179 ARE BEING DOCKETED AND FILED IN CIVIL ACTION 99-1788 PURSUANT TO ORDER FILED 10/24/00. (tth) Modified on 11/09/2000 (Entered: 11/09/2000)	PACER
	Oct. 24, 2000	ALL PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTION 00-2000 ARE BEING DOCKETED AND FILED IN CIVIL ACTION 99-1788 PURSUANT TO ORDER DATED 10/24/00. (tth) Modified on 11/09/2000 (Entered: 11/09/2000)	PACER
28	Nov. 9, 2000	MOTION filed by defendant CLARK in 1:99-cv-01788 to dismiss complaint [1-1] ; Attachments. (tth) (Entered: 11/13/2000)	PACER
29	Nov. 15, 2000	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 for class certification and notice (tth) (Entered: 11/20/2000)	PACER
30	Nov. 28, 2000	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 12/11/00 to respond to plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certificate (tth) (Entered: 11/29/2000)	PACER
31	Dec. 4, 2000	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to 12/11/00 to respond to plaintiffs' Motion for Class Certificate [30-1] by DC (N) (gew) (Entered: 12/05/2000)	PACER
33	Dec. 8, 2000	ANSWER TO COMPLAINT [1-1] in 1:99-cv-01788, [1-1] in 1:00-cv- 02000 by defendants in 1:00-cv-02000. (bjsp) (Entered: 12/14/2000)	PACER
32	Dec. 11, 2000	RESPONSE by defendant in 1:99-cv-01788 to motion for class certification and notice [29-1] by plaintiffs (bjsp) (Entered: 12/12/2000)	PACER
34	Dec. 13, 2000	MOTION filed by defendant CLARK in 1:99-cv-01788 for summary judgment ; Affidavit (1) (tth) (Entered: 12/15/2000)	PACER
35	Dec. 15, 2000	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by plaintiff in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to to serve the complaint in Civ. A. No., 00cv2000 on eight defendants (Anderson, Crawford, Dalton, Grillo, Harris, Kidd, Lee and Mitchell) (tth) (Entered: 12/18/2000)	PACER
36	Dec. 21, 2000	NOTICE OF DISMISSAL as to party DARRYL E. CARTER in 1:99-cv- 02179 (tth) (Entered: 12/26/2000)	PACER
38	Dec. 27, 2000	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 1/24/01 to respond to pro se defendant JAMES W. CLARK's summary judgment motion ; attachments (bjsp) (Entered: 01/04/2001)	PACER
39	Jan. 2, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : response to motion for summary judgment due 1/24/01 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:99-cv-02179, in 1:00-cv- 02000 (N) (mon) (Entered: 01/05/2001)	PACER
37	Jan. 3, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to to serve the complaint in Civ. A. No., 00cv2000 on eight defendants (Anderson, Crawford, Dalton, Grillo, Harris, Kidd, Lee and Mitchell) [35-1] by plaintiffs; plaintiff may serve complaint on eight defendants within 90 days after plaintiff receipt of defendant DC answers to plaintiff's discovery requests (N) (tb) (Entered: 01/04/2001)	PACER
40	Jan. 24, 2001	MEMORANDUM by defendants in 1:99-cv-01788 in opposition to motion for summary judgment [34-1] by CLARK ; declaration (1); attachments (bjsp) (Entered: 01/26/2001)	PACER
41	Jan. 24, 2001	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 3/23/01 to respond to defendant's interrogatories and document request in 99 cv 1788 (bjsp) (Entered: 01/26/2001)	PACER
42	Jan. 31, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to 3/23/01 to respond to defendant's interrogatories and document request in 99 cv 1788 [41-1] by KENNISON BATTLE in 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (lin) (Entered: 01/31/2001)	PACER
43	March 23, 2001	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 4/23/01 to respond to defendant's interrogatories and document request in Case No. 99CV1788 (tth) (Entered: 03/26/2001)	PACER
44	March 23, 2001	STIPULATION filed and fiated by Judge Royce C. Lamberth regarding voluntary partial dismissal with prejudice of 99cv2179 by the following plaintiffs against all defendants: Marcellus Burns,Lawrence Clifton,Eric Glascoe,Tyrone Horton, Wm Jackson,Wm Johnson,Eily Jordan,Ronald Lucas,Anthony Metts,Raymond Quigley,Joseph Simmons,Maurice Taylor,Robert Urbaez. (N) (mon) (Entered: 03/27/2001)	PACER
45	March 28, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to 4/23/01 to respond to defendant's interrogatories and document request in Case No. 99CV1788 [43-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 03/28/2001)	PACER
46	April 23, 2001	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 5/23/01 to resond to defendant's interrogatories and for all plaintiffs to respond to defendant's document request in No. 99-1788 (tth) (Entered: 04/24/2001)	PACER
47	May 7, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to 5/23/01 to respond to defendant's interrogatories and for all plaintiffs to respond to defendant's document request in No. 99-1788 [46-1] by plaintiffs; response to discovery due by 5/23/01 ; (N) (jf) (Entered: 05/07/2001)	PACER
48	July 18, 2001	STIPULATED ORDER approved by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : voluntarily dismissing with prejudice as settled the following plaintiffs in 99cv2179 against all defendants: Alexander,Ali,Anthony,Cooper,Fuller,Hatch,Musgrove,Neal,Sau n ders,Settles,Twitty,Wolfe,Wright.(N) (mon) (Entered: 07/18/2001)	PACER
49	July 27, 2001	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 10/1/01 to file a response to plaintiffs' post-consolidation discovery requests (cjp) (Entered: 07/30/2001)	PACER
50	Aug. 1, 2001	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 for revised pretrial schedule (tth) (Entered: 08/02/2001)	PACER
51	Aug. 1, 2001	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 for leave to file first amended complaint in No. 00cv2000 ; EXHIBIT (AMENDED COMPLAINT) (tth) (Entered: 08/02/2001)	PACER
52	Aug. 7, 2001	MOTION filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 to compel deposition and discovery responses from William Gross ; Exhibits (3) (tth) (Entered: 08/08/2001)	PACER
53	Aug. 13, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for revised pretrial schedule [50-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 discovery closes 2/28/02 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:99-cv-02179, in 1:00-cv-02000 ; dispositive motions due 4/10/02 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:99-cv-02179, in 1:00-cv-02000 . (N) (mon) (Entered: 08/13/2001)	PACER
54	Aug. 13, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for leave to file first amended complaint in No. 00cv2000 [51-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv- 01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 08/13/2001)	PACER
55	Aug. 13, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to 10/1/01 to file a response to plaintiffs' post-consolidation discovery requests [49-1] by DC in 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 08/13/2001)	PACER
56	Aug. 13, 2001	ANSWER TO AMENDED COMPLAINT by defendants in 1:99-cv- 01788 (tth) (Entered: 08/14/2001)	PACER
57	Aug. 21, 2001	MOTION filed by Samuel M. Shapiro in 1:99-cv-02179: to withdraw as attorney for WILLIAM GROSS in 1:99-cv-02179 (tth) (Entered: 08/22/2001)	PACER
58	Aug. 22, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to withdraw as attorney for WILLIAM GROSS in 1:99-cv-02179 [57-1] by Samuel M. Shapiro in 1:99-cv-01788, 1:99-cv-02179 ; directing plaintiff Gross to show cause within 10 days why his case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute.(N) (mon) (Entered: 08/23/2001)	PACER
59	Sept. 26, 2001	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiffs in 1:99-cv- 02179 to withdraw Samuel M. Shapiro in 1:99-cv-02179, Daniel McCrea Schember in 1:99-cv-02179 as attorney for JAMES BLANGO in 1:99- cv-02179 ; Attachment (1) (tth) (Entered: 09/27/2001)	PACER
61	Nov. 26, 2001	MOTION filed by plaintiff in 1:99-cv-01788 to consolidate this case with C.A. No. 1-1645, Payne v. District of Columbia (tth) (Entered: 11/27/2001)	PACER
62	Dec. 6, 2001	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for plaintiff KENNISON BATTLE in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff SHANNON J. BATTLE in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff BERNARD BROWN in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff JOSEPH CALLOWAY in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff SEAN EDWARDS in 1:99-cv- 01788, plaintiff GREGORY GARY in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff ERIC JACKSON in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff CLIFTON JOHNSON in 1:99-cv- 01788, plaintiff EARL KING in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff NED MCALLISTER in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff ANTOINE MCCONNAUGHEY in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff WILLIAM OLIVER in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff BILLY RICHARDSON in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff LEVY ROUSE in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff EUGENE SCOTT in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff VONSAULI SMITH in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff ROBERT SPELLS in 1:99-cv-01788, plaintiff TIMOTHY WILLIAMS in 1:99-cv-01788 by Samuel M. Shapiro (cjp) (Entered: 12/07/2001)	PACER
	Dec. 6, 2001	ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for plaintiff KENNETH ANDERSON- BEY in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ELBERT BLANGO in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff MICHANGELO BLOUNT in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ADRIAN BROCKENBERRY in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ANTHONY BROWN in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff CALVIN BROWN in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff RICARDO CARROLL in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ANTONIO CLARK in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff RICHARD CLARK in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff JAMES E. ARNOLD in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff RICHARD CLEMENTS in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff LAWRENCE CLIFTON in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff HERBERT S. COOPER in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff WADE K. COSBY in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff MARVIN K. DAVIS in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff PATRICK DAVIS in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff RICARDO DAVIS in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff HERMAN ELLIOTT in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff HERMAN EPPS in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ERIC A. GLASCOE in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff HOWARD GLASCOE in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff STANLEY GRAYSON in 1:00- cv-02000, plaintiff DARRYL GREGG in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff TYRONE JAMES in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff WILLIE JOHNSON in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ROBERT JONES in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff HENRY MARSHALL in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff JOHN H. MATHIS in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ALLEN MATTHEWS-BEY in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff ALBERT C. MCCOY in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff JAMES MCQUEEN in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff MARCELLUS BURNS in 1:00- cv-02000, plaintiff STANLEY EASTON-EL in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff LESTER IRBY in 1:00-cv-02000, plaintiff BERNARD SMITH in 1:00- cv-02000, plaintiff ORLANDO R. WILLIS in 1:00-cv-02000 by Samuel M. Shapiro (cjp) (Entered: 12/07/2001)	PACER
63	Dec. 10, 2001	RESPONSE by defendants in 1:99-cv-01788 in opposition to motion to consolidate this case with C.A. No. 1-1645, Payne v. District of Columbia [61-1] by plaintiffs (cjp) (Entered: 12/11/2001)	PACER
64	Dec. 11, 2001	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to serve process in 00-2000 on defendants Layne, Ours Richardson, Washington and White (cjp) Modified on 12/12/2001 (Entered: 12/12/2001)	PACER
65	Dec. 11, 2001	MOTION (CONSENT) filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to to serve process in 00-2000 on defendants Branscomb, Craig, Doughty, Fewell, Folson, Gray, Henry, Holloway, McKnight, Miles, Rhinehart, Stewart, Stover, & J. Williams (cjp) (Entered: 12/12/2001)	PACER
	Dec. 11, 2001	WAIVER OF SERVICE returned executed upon Officer Terrance Wilson . Date waiver signed: 11/13/01 (cjp) (Entered: 12/12/2001)	PACER
66	Dec. 20, 2001	REPLY by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to response in opposition to motion to consolidate this case with C.A. No. 1-1645, Payne v. District of Columbia [61-1] by plaintiffs (cjp) (Entered: 12/21/2001)	PACER
67	Dec. 26, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to extend time to serve process in 00-2000 on defendants Layne, Ours Richardson, Washington and White [64-1] by KENNISON BATTLE in 1:99-cv- 01788; plaintiffs have until 90 days after defendant DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA answers plaintiffs' discovery request concerning the locations of unserved defendants (N) (adc) (Entered: 12/26/2001)	PACER
68	Dec. 26, 2001	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth: granting motion to extend time to to serve process in 00-2000 on defendants Branscomb, Craig, Doughty, Fewell, Folson, Gray, Henry, Holloway, McKnight, Miles, Rhinehart, Stewart, Stover, & J. Williams [65-1] by KENNISON BATTLE; plaintiff's serve summons and the amended complaint on defendants on or before 2/11/02. (N) (dam) (Entered: 12/26/2001)	PACER
69	Feb. 11, 2002	MOTION filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 for order to bifurcate the trial (nmr) (Entered: 02/12/2002)	PACER
70	Feb. 12, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth: granting motion to extend time to to serve process in 00-2000 on defendants Branscomb, Craig, Doughty, Fewell, Folson, Gray, Henry, Holloway, McKnight, Miles, Rhinehart, Stewart, Stover, & J. Williams [65-1] by KENNISON BATTLE in 1:99- cv-01788 (N) (dam) (Entered: 02/12/2002)	PACER
71	Feb. 19, 2002	RESPONSE by plaintiff in 1:99-cv-01788 in opposition to motion for order to bifurcate the trial [69-1] by DC (nmr) (Entered: 02/25/2002)	PACER
72	Feb. 19, 2002	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to compel discovery ; Attachment (1) (nmr) (Entered: 02/25/2002)	PACER
73	Feb. 28, 2002	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 for revised pretrial schedule (nmr) (Entered: 03/01/2002)	PACER
76	March 1, 2002	MOTION filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 for severance of plaintiff JAMES BLANGO's claim (bjsp) (Entered: 03/04/2002)	PACER
75	March 4, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for revised pretrial schedule [73-1] by SHANNON J. BATTLE, KENNISON BATTLE in 1:99-cv-01788 discovery closes 8/28/02 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:99-cv-02179, in 1:00-cv-02000 ; dispositive motions due 10/10/02 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:99-cv-02179, in 1:00-cv-02000 ; (N) (mon) (Entered: 03/04/2002)	PACER
77	March 5, 2002	MOTION filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 for protective order (ks) (Entered: 03/07/2002)	PACER
78	March 5, 2002	RESPONSE by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 in partial opposition to motion to compel discovery [72-1] by KENNISON BATTLE . (ks) (Entered: 03/07/2002)	PACER
79	March 13, 2002	MOTION filed by defendants DWIGHT BYNUM, KENT DIXON, HALL, HARRIS, RONALD POPE, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WATTS in 1:99-cv-02179 to dismiss complaint [1-1] in 1:99-cv-2179 (nmr) Modified on 03/14/2002 (Entered: 03/14/2002)	PACER
80	March 14, 2002	RESPONSE by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 in opposition to motion for protective order [77-1] by DC; Attachment (1). (nmr) (Entered: 03/15/2002)	PACER
81	March 14, 2002	REPLY by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 in support of motion to compel discovery [72-1] by KENNISON BATTLE; Attachment (1) (nmr) (Entered: 03/15/2002)	PACER
82	May 3, 2002	MOTION filed by plaintiff in 1:99-cv-01788 for order that writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum will be issued requiring incarcerated plaintiffs' custodians to bring them into court for trial (nmr) (Entered: 05/06/2002)	PACER
83	May 17, 2002	MOTION filed by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788 to extend time to 6/3/02 to file response to plaintiff's motion for writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum. (mpt) (Entered: 05/20/2002)	PACER
84	May 23, 2002	RESPONSE (OPPOSITIONS) by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 to motion to extend time to 6/3/02 to file response to plaintiff's motion for writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum. [83-1] by DC (mpt) (Entered: 05/24/2002)	PACER
85	June 3, 2002	RESPONSE by defendant DC in 1:99-cv-01788, 1:99-cv-02179, 1:00-cv- 02000 in opposition to motion for order that writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum will be issued requiring incarcerated plaintiffs' custodians to bring them into court for trial [82-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788. (mpt) (Entered: 06/04/2002)	PACER
87	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting nunc pro tunc motion to extend time to 6/3/02 to file response to plaintiff's for writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum. [83-1] by DC 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
88	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : denying motion for summary judgment [34-1] by CLARK in 1:99-cv-01788, denying motion to dismiss complaint [1-1] [28-1] by CLARK in 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
89	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : Dismissing the claims of pro se plaintiff William Gross for failure to prosecute his claims; finding motion to compel deposition and discovery responses from William by DC [52- 1] moot in 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
90	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for severance of plaintiff JAMES BLANGO's claim [76-1] by DC in 1:99-cv-01788; severing plaintiff Blango's claims from these consolidated cases, but directing that his claims shall remain in 99cv2179; directing that case #99cv2179 be deconsolidated from 99cv1788 and 00cv2000. (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
91	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for class certification and notice [29-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
92	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : denying without prejudice motion for order that writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum will be issued requiring incarcerated plaintiffs' custodians to bring them into court for trial [82-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788. (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
93	June 26, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : denying motion for protective order [77-1] by DC in 1:99-cv-01788, granting motion to compel discovery [72-1] by KENNISON BATTLE in 1:99-cv-01788; directing defendant District of Columbia to respond to certain interrogatories within 10 days. (N) (mon) (Entered: 06/26/2002)	PACER
94	Aug. 8, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion to dismiss complaint [1-1] in 1:99-cv-2179 [79-1] by defendants as to defendants Bynum,Dixon,Hall,Harris,Pope,Washington,Watson and Watts (N) (mon) (Entered: 08/09/2002)	PACER
95	Aug. 16, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : denying motion for order to bifurcate the trial [69-1] by DC, denying motion to consolidate this case with C.A. No. 1-1645, Payne v. District of Columbia [61-1] by plaintiffs (N) (adc) (Entered: 08/19/2002)	PACER
97	Aug. 28, 2002	MOTION filed by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 for Revised Pretrial Schedule (mpt) (Entered: 08/29/2002)	PACER
	Sept. 28, 2002	Case Reopened (mon) Modified on 10/07/2002 (Entered: 10/02/2002)	PACER
98	Oct. 2, 2002	ORDER by Judge Royce C. Lamberth : granting motion for Revised Pretrial Schedule [97-1] by plaintiffs in 1:99-cv-01788 discovery closes 1/31/03 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:00-cv-02000 ; dispositive motions due 3/14/03 in 1:99-cv-01788, in 1:00-cv-02000 ; (N) (mon) (Entered: 10/02/2002)	PACER

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Case Details

State / Territory:

District of Columbia

Case Type(s):

Jail Conditions

Key Dates

Filing Date: July 1, 1999

Closing Date: 2006

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Inmates in the D.C. Jail that were allegedly subjected to assault and battery, unconstitutional excessive force, and unconstitutional conditions of confinement.

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

Public Interest Lawyer: No

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: Yes

Class Action Outcome: Granted

Defendants

City

Central Detention Facility

District of Columbia

Facility Type(s):

Government-run