Case: Lemon v. Bossier Parish School Board

Bossier v. Lemon and United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Lemon, United States of America, and Bossier Citizenship Education Program v. Bossier Parish School Board

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

PAPER DOCKET SHEET of filings through 4/20/2006. (crt,Yocum, M) Attachments: # 1 Additional counsel pages added on 8/18/2006 (Dunford, T). (Entered: 04/20/2006)

LETTER from Dale Bailey to Judge Hicks re majority to minority transfer; letter filed in the record at the direction of the court and counsel are to note the letter's connection to the court's November 2005 order. Copies of letter manually sent to Attorneys Rogers, Vincent, and Hammonds. (crt,Dunford, T) (Entry of document in this case delayed due to its entry in incorrect case). (crt,Dunford, T) (Entered: 12/05/2006)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 10/16/2006)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order). (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 03/15/2007)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Williams, L) (Entered: 10/17/2007)

MOTION to Substitute Attorney Janice E. Hebert in place of Katherine W. Vincent by U S A. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Text of proposed order)(aty,Hebert, Janice) (Entered: 02/12/2008)

ORDER granting 6 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Attorney Katherine W Vincent terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 2/15/2008. (crt,Keifer, K) (Entered: 02/19/2008)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order). (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 03/17/2008)

MOTION to Approve Openings of New Schools and the Changes in Student Attendance Zones Resulting Therefrom by School Board of Bossier Parish. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits, # 2 Memorandum / Brief, # 3 Text of proposed order)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) Modified to more accurately reflect pleading filed on 4/23/2008. (Alexander, E) (Entered: 04/22/2008)

Notice of Corrective Action

NOTICE of Corrective Action to Robert L Hammonds on behalf of School Board of Bossier Parish regarding 9 MOTION to Approve Openings of New Schools and the Changes in Student Attendance Zones Resulting Therefrom. Action taken: Modified text to more accurately reflect pleading filed and to remove additional reliefs electronically filed in error. (crt,Alexander, E)

NOTICE of Motion Setting without oral argument regarding 9 MOTION to Approve Openings of New Schools and the Changes in Student Attendance Zones Resulting Therefrom. Motion day set for 6/6/2008 before Judge S Maurice Hicks. (crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 04/23/2008)

ORDER granting 9 Motion to Approve Openings of New Schools and the Changes in Student Attendance Zones Resulting Therefrom. Signed by Judge S Maurice Hicks on 5/12/08. (crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 05/13/2008)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order). (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 10/20/2008)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order). (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 03/24/2009)

NOTICE of Appearance by Mark A Dann on behalf of USA (aty,Dann, Mark) (Entered: 04/03/2009)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order). (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits)(crt,Alexander, E) Modified to reflect Manual Attachment filed within pfd of Attachment # 1 on 10/22/2009. (Alexander, E) (Entered: 10/19/2009)

Manual Attachment Received

MANUAL ATTACHMENT Received from School Board of Bossier Parish regarding 15 Answer to Interrogatories. Attachments sent to Shreveport division. (crt,Brown, A)

ANSWER to Interrogatories (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order) by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 03/17/2010)

ANSWER to Interrogatories (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order) by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 10/20/2010)

Manual Attachment Received

MANUAL ATTACHMENT received from School Board of Bossier Parish regarding 17 Answer to Interrogatories. The original manual attachments will be maintained in the division of the presiding judge, until expiration of appeal delays. (crt,Stephens, M)

ANSWER to Interrogatories (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order) by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 03/16/2011)

ANSWER to Interrogatories (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order) by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Alexander, E) (Entered: 10/17/2011)

ANSWER to Interrogatories (filed pursuant to 11/25/1970 court order) by School Board of Bossier Parish.(crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 03/08/2012)

NOTICE OF MANUAL ATTACHMENT re 20 Answer to Interrogatories. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 03/08/2012)

MOTION to Substitute Attorney Katherine W. Vincent in place of Janice E. Hebert by USA. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Text of proposed order)(aty,Hebert, Janice) (Entered: 04/30/2012)

ORDER granting 22 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Attorney Janice E Hebert and Donald W Washington terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 5/2/2012. (crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 05/03/2012)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish. NOTICE OF MANUAL ATTACHMENT. (crt,Kennedy, T) Modified on 11/2/2012 (Kennedy, T). (Entered: 10/15/2012)

ANSWER to Interrogatories by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Notice of manual attachment)(crt,Kennedy, T) (Entered: 03/08/2013)

Manual Attachment Received

MANUAL ATTACHMENT received from School Board of Bossier Parish regarding 25 Answer to Interrogatories. The original manual attachments will be maintained in the division of the presiding judge, until expiration of appeal delays. (crt,Walker, B)

STATUS REPORT - October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Ex. 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 10/15/2013)

STATUS REPORT - March 2014 by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 03/06/2014)

STATUS REPORT -Annual October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 10/14/2014)

STATUS REPORT - March 2015 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 03/11/2015)

STATUS REPORT Annual October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 10/15/2015)

Corrected STATUS REPORT Corrected Annual October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 10/27/2015)

STATUS REPORT - March 2016 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 03/22/2016)

STATUS REPORT - October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 10/14/2016)

MOTION for Pamela Wescovich Dill and John Richard Blanchard to Enroll as Counsel by School Board of Bossier Parish. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 02/22/2017)

ORDER granting 34 Motion to Enroll as Counsel. Added as counsel Pamela Wescovich Dill,John Richard Blanchard for School Board of Bossier Parish. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 2/23/2017. (crt,Bunting, M) (Entered: 02/23/2017)

STATUS REPORT - March 2017 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 03/08/2017)

MOTION for Approval of Consent Order Modifying Student Assignment Policy by School Board of Bossier Parish. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Consent Order)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 07/10/2017)

Motions Transferred regarding 37 MOTION for Approval of Consent Order Modifying Student Assignment Policy. Motions referred to S Maurice Hicks. (crt,Bunting, M)

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ORDER granting 37 Motion to implement the limited modification of the student assignment plan. Signed by Judge S Maurice Hicks on 7/12/2017. (crt,Bunting, M) (Entered: 07/12/2017)

STATUS REPORT - October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1-4)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 10/16/2017)

STATUS REPORT - March 2018 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibits 1-4)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 03/15/2018)

MOTION to Substitute Attorney Jennifer Maranzano, Alyson Schwartz in place of Kym Rogers with consent by USA. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(Attorney Jennifer Lynn Maranzano added to party USA(pty:intvp))(aty,Maranzano, Jennifer) (Entered: 04/10/2018)

ORDER granting 41 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Added attorney Jennifer Marazano,Alyson R Schwartz for USA. Attorney L Kym Davis Rogers terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 4/16/2018. (crt,Bunting, M) (Entered: 04/16/2018)

DOCUMENT RESUBMITTED IN ITS ENTIRETY - Consent Motion for Approval of Consent Order Modifying Student Assignment Zones by School Board of Bossier Parish. Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Consent Order, # 2 Exhibit A - Attendance Zone Changes, # 3 Exhibit B(1) Elementary School Zones, # 4 Exhibit B(2) Middle School Zones, # 5 Exhibit B(3) High School Zones)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) Modified to reflect resubmitted on 8/7/2018 (Bunting, M). See document 44 . (Entered: 08/03/2018)

Motions Transferred

Motions Transferred regarding 43 Consent MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT ORDER MODIFYING STUDENT ASSIGNMENT ZONES. Motions referred to Chief Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr. (crt,YocumSld, M)

Joint Motion for Approval of Consent Order Modifying Student Assignment Zones filed by School Board of Bossier Parish and USA. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Consent Order, # 2 Exhibit A - Attendance Zone Changes, # 3 Exhibit B(1) Elementary School Zones, # 4 Exhibit B(2) Middle School Zones, # 5 Exhibit B(3) High School Zones)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) Modified event to more accurately described filing on 8/7/2018 (Bunting, M). (Entered: 08/07/2018)

CONSENT ORDER granting 44 Joint Motion for Approval of Consent Order Modifying Student Assignment Zones. Signed by Chief Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr on 8/8/2018. (crt,McDonnell, D) (Entered: 08/08/2018)

STATUS REPORT October 2018 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 10/12/2018)

Joint MOTION to Amend 8 Consent Order by School Board of Bossier Parish, USA. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) Modified on 2/28/2019 to modify event to more accurately reflect document and to add filer. (Crick, S). (Entered: 02/28/2019)

Motions Transferred

Motions Transferred regarding 47 Joint MOTION to Amend 8 Consent Order. Motions referred to Chief Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr. (crt,Crick, S)

ORDER granting 47 Joint Motion to Amend Student Assignment Consent Order Deadlines. Signed by Chief Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr on 3/1/2019. (crt,McDonnell, D) (Entered: 03/01/2019)

STATUS REPORT March 2019 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 03/15/2019)

Unopposed MOTION for Approval of Student Attendance Plan by School Board of Bossier Parish. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Elementary School Zones, # 2 Exhibit B - Proposed Middle School Zones, # 3 Exhibit C - Proposed High School Zones, # 4 Proposed order)(aty,Hammonds, Robert) (Entered: 09/06/2019)

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Motions Transferred regarding 50 Unopposed MOTION for Approval of Student Attendance Plan . Motions referred to Chief Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr. (crt,Reeves, T)

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ORDER granting 50 Motion for Approval of Student Attendance Plan. Student Attendance Plan and Attendance Zones as set forth in Exhibits A-C to the motion approved and effective with 2020-2021 school year. Until declared unitary in area of student assignment, Bossier shall provide U S A with notice of future changes. Board will seek approval of court prior to making changes to Plans/Zones ordered today. All other injunctions and orders of this Court remain. Signed by Chief Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr on 9/11/2019. (crt,Dunford, T) (Entered: 09/12/2019)

STATUS REPORT October 15th Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit B - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit C - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit D - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 10/15/2019)

STATUS REPORT March 2020 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 03/17/2020)

MOTION to Substitute Attorney Jerry Edwards in place of Katherine W. Vincent with consent by USA. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. Motion Ripe Deadline set for 8/25/2020. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(aty,Vincent, Katherine) (Entered: 08/25/2020)

ORDER granting 54 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Added attorney Jerry Edwards for USA. Attorney Katherine W Vincent terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 8/26/2020. (crt,Bunting, M) (Entered: 08/26/2020)

STATUS REPORT October 2020 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 10/22/2020)

STATUS REPORT March, 2021 by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) Modified docket text on 4/6/2021 (Bunting, M). (Entered: 04/06/2021)

STATUS REPORT October 2021 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 10/20/2021)

STATUS REPORT March 2022 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 04/29/2022)

STATUS REPORT October 2022 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 11/03/2022)

MOTION to Substitute Attorney Allison C. Reppond in place of Jerry Edwards by USA. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. Motion Ripe Deadline set for 1/26/2023. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(aty,Edwards, Jerry) (Entered: 01/26/2023)

ORDER granting 61 Motion to Substitute Attorney. Added attorney Allison Christine Reppond for USA. Attorney Jerry Edwards terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 1/27/2023. (crt,Keller, J) (Entered: 01/27/2023)

STATUS REPORT March 2023 Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 03/28/2023)

STATUS REPORT - Report by School Board of Bossier Parish. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Student Enrollment Data as of October 2023, # 2 Exhibit 2 - Full-Time Teacher Data as of October 2023, # 3 Exhibit 3 - Student Transfer Data 2023-2024 as of October 2023, # 4 Exhibit 4 - Facilities Report as of October 2023)(aty,Dill, Pamela) (Entered: 10/09/2023)

MOTION for Akhi N. Johnson to Enroll as Counsel by USA. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. Motion Ripe Deadline set for 2/22/2024. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed order)(Attorney Akhi Johnson added to party USA(pty:intvp))(aty,Johnson, Akhi) (Entered: 02/22/2024)

Unopposed MOTION for Partial Unitary Status and Dismissal Regarding Extracurricular Activities, Transportation, and Facilities by School Board of Bossier Parish. Motions referred to Mark L Hornsby. Motion Ripe Deadline set for 2/22/2024. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A - Board Policy JHC, Student Organizations, # 2 Exhibit B - Board Policy IDFA, Interscholastic Athletics, # 3 Exhibit C - Board Policy EB, Buildings and Grounds Management, # 4 Exhibit D - Board Policy EBG, Maintenance of School Board Property, # 5 Proposed order)(aty,Blanchard, John) (Entered: 02/22/2024)

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Motions Transferred regarding 66 Unopposed MOTION for Partial Unitary Status and Dismissal Regarding Extracurricular Activities, Transportation, and Facilities . Motions referred to Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr. (crt,Bunting, M)

ORDER granting 65 Motion to Enroll as Counsel. Added as counsel Akhi Johnson for USA. Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark L Hornsby on 2/23/2024. (crt,Bunting, M) (Entered: 02/23/2024)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT OF PARTIAL UNITARY STATUS granting 66 Motion for Partial Unitary Status and Dismissal Regarding Extracurricular Activities, Transportation, and Facilities. Signed by Judge S Maurice Hicks, Jr on 2/27/2024. (crt,Keifer, K) (Entered: 02/27/2024)