Case: Gartrell v. Ashcroft

Jackson v. D.C.

Jackson v. D.C.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

SUMMONS (4) issued to federal party(s) federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP, and non-pary: U.S. Attorney (tth) (Entered: 09/10/2001)

COMPLAINT filed by plaintiff ISADORE GARTRELL, plaintiff ANTOINE GROSS, plaintiff DARNELL STANLEY, plaintiff CARL WOLFE; Exhibits (10) (tth) Modified on 09/10/2001 (Entered: 09/10/2001)

MOTION filed by plaintiff ISADORE GARTRELL, plaintiff ANTOINE GROSS, plaintiff DARNELL STANLEY, plaintiff CARL WOLFE for temporary restraining order, and for preliminary injunction (tth) (Entered: 09/10/2001)

CASE REASSIGNED to Judge Henry H. Kennedy (td) (Entered: 09/13/2001)

RESPONSE by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP in opposition to motion for preliminary injunction [2-2] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL .; attachment (PREAMBLE) (cas) (Entered: 09/12/2001)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : denying motion for temporary restraining order [2-1] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL status hearing set for 10:00 9/18/01 ; (N) (dcn) (Entered: 09/12/2001)

REPLY by plaintiffs in support of their motion for preliminary injunction [2-2] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL; exhibits (3) (cdw) (Entered: 09/18/2001)

STATUS HEARING before Judge Henry H. Kennedy : trial set for 9:30 10/29/01 ; Reporter: Dolores Byers (dcn) (Entered: 09/18/2001)

SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL for federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, substituting Daria Jean Zane for attorney Michael A. Humphreys (cdw) (Entered: 09/26/2001)

JOINT MOTION by plaintiffs, federal defendants for order scheduling discovery, filing of dispositive motions and trial (cdw) (Entered: 09/26/2001)

ANSWER TO COMPLAINT [1-1] by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP . (cdw) (Entered: 09/27/2001)

WITNESS LIST by plaintiffs (cdw) (Entered: 09/28/2001)

MOTION filed by plaintiffs WOLFE for class certification, and reduction of defendant's time to respond ; exhibits (1)(cdw) Modified on 10/10/2001 (Entered: 10/03/2001)

SCHEDULING ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy granting joint motion for order scheduling discovery, filing of dispositive motions and trial [7-1] by federal defendantss, plaintiff (N) (dcn) (Entered: 10/05/2001)

RESPONSE by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, BOP in opposition to motion for class certification [10-1] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL. (aet) (Entered: 10/05/2001)

REPLY by plaintiffs to response in opposition to motion for class certification [10-1] and reduction of defendant's time to respond [10-2] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL; exhibits (5) (cdw) (Entered: 10/10/2001)

MOTION filed by federal defendants for summary judgment ; exhibits (1), attachments (cdw) (Entered: 10/18/2001)

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM issued on 10/19/01 for the production of Isadore Gartrell, Antoine Gross, Darnell Stanley, Marlon White , and Carl Wolfe for preparation of trial on 10/23/01 before Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. (dcn) (Entered: 10/23/2001)

PETITION filed by plaintiffs ISADORE GARTRELL, ANTOINE GROSS, DARNELL STANLEY, CARL WOLFE for writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum (nmr) (Entered: 10/22/2001)

RESPONSE by plaintiffs in opposition to motion for summary judgment [14-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT; exhibits (15) (cdw) (Entered: 10/25/2001)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by federal defendants to file 25-page reply to plaintiffs' opposition to motion for summary judgment ; EXHIBIT (REPLY) (cdw) (Entered: 10/26/2001)

RESPONSE (OPPOSITIONS) by federal defendants to plaintiff's statement of disputed issues of material fact (cdw) (Entered: 10/26/2001)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy ; setting forth procedures for handling confidential material; allowing designated material to be filed under seal. (N) (dcn) (Entered: 10/26/2001)

MOTION filed by federal defendants in limine to preclude testimony of plaintiffs and inmate witness (cdw) (Entered: 10/26/2001)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting motion for class certification [10-1] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL (N) (dcn) (Entered: 10/26/2001)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : finding motion reduction of defendant's time to respond by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL [10-2] moot (N) (dcn) (Entered: 10/26/2001)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, and BOP to extend time to 10/27/01 to file stipulations of fact and pretrial submission and memorandum of points and authorities in support thereof (ag) (Entered: 10/30/2001)

RULE 26(b)(4) STATEMENT filed by plaintiffs ISADORE GARTRELL, ANTOINE GROSS, DARNELL STANLEY, and CARL WOLFE (ag) (Entered: 10/30/2001)

RULE 26(b)(4) STATEMENT filed by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP (td) (Entered: 10/30/2001)

NON-JURY TRIAL before Judge Henry H. Kennedy begun and continued to 9:30 10/30/01 . reporter: Dolores Byers (dcn) (Entered: 10/29/2001)

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL EXHIBIT LIST by federal defendants (cdw) (Entered: 11/02/2001)

NON-JURY TRIAL before Judge Henry H. Kennedy resumed and continued to 9:30 10/31/01 reporter: Dolores Byers (dcn) (Entered: 10/30/2001)

NON-JURY TRIAL before Judge Henry H. Kennedy resumed and concluded; parties to file concurrently findings of facts and conclusion of law and all posttrial briefs by 11/21/01; responses due 12/5/01;granting oral motion of plaintiffs to remain at D.C. Jail until further order of the Court reporter: Dolores Byers ; plaintiff shall submit order by 11/01/01 setting forth the courts resolution of various matters. (dcn) (Entered: 10/31/2001)

EXHIBIT list (plaintiff) (dcn) (Entered: 11/01/2001)

EXHIBIT list (defendants) (dcn) (Entered: 11/01/2001)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : confirming dates set at hearing of 10/31/01 (N) (dcn) (Entered: 11/01/2001)

FINDINGS OF FACT and Conclusions of Law by defendants (cdw) (Entered: 11/26/2001)

PRETRIAL STATEMENTS by federal defendants; exhibits (1) (cdw) (Entered: 12/07/2001)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy ; setting forth procedures for handling confidential material; allowing designated material to be filed under seal. (N) (dcn) (Entered: 11/30/2001)

JOINT MOTION by plaintiffs, federal defendants for brief two-day extension of time to respond to parties' proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law (cdw) (Entered: 12/06/2001)

REPLY by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, BOP to plaintiffs' findings of fact [30-1] (nmr) (Entered: 12/10/2001)

RESPONSE (OPPOSITIONS) by plaintiffs to defendants' post-trial memorandum. (nmr) (Entered: 12/10/2001)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting joint motion for brief two-day extension of time to respond to parties' proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law [32-1] by federal defendantss, plaintiff (N) (dcn) (Entered: 12/11/2001)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, and BOP; letters pertinent to this case. (bm) (Entered: 01/24/2002)

RESPONSE by plaintiffs to defendants' notice of filing [37-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (cdw) (Entered: 01/31/2002)

MEMORANDUM by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : (N) (N) (dcn) (Entered: 02/19/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs ; that defendants before designating any inmate to a Virginia Department of Corrections Institution, shall consider each inmates religious beliefs and practices; directing BOP to immediately evaluate whether the grooming policy of VDOC burdens the religious beliefs and practices of each of its inmates housed in a VDOC institution, if burdened by the VDOC grooming policy, BOP shall promptly transfer that inmate out of VDOC; directing that all disciplinary action imposed on any cloass member as a result of the class members refusal to comply with the VDOC grooming policy shall be expunged from any BOP record of such action immediately;, the court shall retain jurisdiction over this matter to ensure that the terms of its injunction are obeyed and for appropriate ancillary proceedings (N) (dcn) (Entered: 02/19/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : status hearing set for 9:30 3/4/02. Defendants shall file a status report with the court of their efforts to comply with the court's February 19, 2002, Order by no later than 11:00 a.m. on March 1, 2002, and shall simultaneously hand deliver or deliver by facsimile a copy of the status report to counsel for plaintiffs. (N) (dot) (Entered: 02/25/2002)

REQUEST by plaintiffs for hearing (cdw) (Entered: 02/28/2002)

RESPONSE by federal defendants to plaintiff's praecipe requesting hearing [44-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (cdw) Modified on 02/28/2002 (Entered: 02/28/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants pf plan for compliance with Court's order; declarations (1) (cdw) (Entered: 02/28/2002)

MOTION filed by plaintiffs to extend time to file petition for award of attorney's fees and costs (cdw) Modified on 03/01/2002 (Entered: 03/01/2002)

MOTION filed by plaintiff ISADORE GARTRELL, plaintiff ANTOINE GROSS, plaintiff DARNELL STANLEY, plaintiff CARL WOLFE for access to counsel (cdw) (Entered: 03/07/2002)

MOTION filed by plaintiff ISADORE GARTRELL, plaintiff ANTOINE GROSS, plaintiff DARNELL STANLEY, plaintiff CARL WOLFE to provide the detained clients with notice of the pending litigation (cdw) (Entered: 03/07/2002)

SCHEDULING NOTICE: status hearing reset for 3:00 3/7/02 ; before Judge Henry H. Kennedy . (dcn) (Entered: 03/05/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting motion to extend time to file petition for award of attorney's fees and costs to 4/5/02 [45-1] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL (N) (dcn) (Entered: 03/06/2002)

MOTION filed by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP for reconsideration of order entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs [40-1] (cdw) (Entered: 03/07/2002)

MOTION filed by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP for immeduate termination of prospective relief (cdw) (Entered: 03/07/2002)

MEMORANDUM (CONSOLIDATED) of points and authorities by federal defendants in support of motion for immeduate termination of prospective relief [48-1], motion for reconsideration of order entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs [40-1] [47-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (cdw) (Entered: 03/07/2002)

RESPONSE by plaintiffs in opposition to motion for immeduate termination of prospective relief [48-1]; motion for reconsideration of order entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs [40-1] [47-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (cdw) (Entered: 03/07/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants corrected memorandum of points and authorities in support of its motion for reconsiderstion and motion for prospective relief (cdw) (Entered: 03/08/2002)

STATUS HEARING before Judge Henry H. Kennedy : defendants to submit week status reports begining 3/18/02 and every week thereafter until further order of the court. Reporter: Jackie Wood (dcn) (Entered: 03/08/2002)

REPLY by federal defendants to response in opposition to motion for reconsideration of order entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs [40-1] [47-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (cdw) (Entered: 03/18/2002)

MOTION filed by federal defendants to extend time to file status report (cdw) (Entered: 03/21/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, and BOP; declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's Order of 2/19/02 (bm) (Entered: 03/26/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting motion to extend time to 3/19/02 to file status report [55-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (N) (dcn) (Entered: 03/25/2002)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by federal defendants to extend time for two-days in which to file status report (cdw) (Entered: 03/29/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : denying motion for immediate termination of prospective relief [48-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT, denying motion for reconsideration of order entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs [40-1] [47-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (N) (dcn) (Entered: 03/27/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining status of the BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 03/29/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting consent motion of defendant to late file Status Report due: 3/27/02 (N) (dcn) (Entered: 03/29/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, BOP; Declaration of David J. Wollner (bm) (Entered: 04/03/2002)

MOTION filed by plaintiffs for attorney's fees ; exhibits (6) (cdw) (Entered: 04/09/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendant JOHN D. ASHCROFT, federal defendant KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, federal defendant BOP declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 04/10/2002)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by federal defendants requesting opportunity to file adversary submission to plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees, and to stay consideration of fees until appeal issue is resolved (cdw) (Entered: 04/11/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy: granting motion requesting opportunity to file adversary submission to plaintiff's motion for attorney's fees [65-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT Defendants response to motion for attorneys fees due 5/25/02 ; (N) (dam) (Entered: 04/15/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 04/17/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 04/25/2002)

MOTION filed for JOHN WILLIAMS to intervene ; EXHIBIT (MOTION TO HOLD DEFENDANT IN CONTEMPT); LEAVE TO FILE GRANTED, J. Kennedy (cdw) (Entered: 04/29/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, BOP declaration explaining the status of BOP's compliance with Courts order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 05/01/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 05/08/2002)

MOTION (Consent) filed by federal defendants to extend time to 5/15/02 to file status report (rje) Modified on 05/14/2002 (Entered: 05/13/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 05/16/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with Court's order 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 05/21/2002)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by plaintiffs to allow the inmates brought to the trial in this matter to be re-designated and transferred to BOP's non-VDOC facilities (cdw) (Entered: 05/23/2002)

NOTICE OF APPEAL by federal defendants from order entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs [40-1], entered on: 2/19/02. no fees paid - GOVT. copies mailed to counsel. (cdw) (Entered: 05/24/2002)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by federal defendants to extend time for four business days to file status report (cdw) (Entered: 05/28/2002)

TRANSMITTED PRELIMINARY RECORD on appeal [76-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT to U.S. Court of Appeals (cdw) (Entered: 05/24/2002)

USCA # 02-5179 assigned for appeal [76-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (bcs) (Entered: 06/03/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's order of 2/19/02; declarations (1) (cdw) (Entered: 06/05/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants JOHN D. ASHCROFT, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, BOP a declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's Order of 2/19/02. (nmr) (Entered: 06/11/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting motion to allow the inmates brought to the trial in this matter to be re-designated and transferred to BOP's non-VDOC facilities [75-1] by CARL WOLFE, DARNELL STANLEY, ANTOINE GROSS, ISADORE GARTRELL (N) (dcn) (Entered: 06/12/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting motion to extend time for four business days to file status report [77-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT Status Report due: 6/3/02 (N) (dcn) (Entered: 06/12/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's order of 2/19/02; exhibits (2) (cdw) Modified on 06/19/2002 (Entered: 06/19/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants a declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 06/26/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 07/03/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with the Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 07/09/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining status of BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 07/16/2002)

MOTION (CONSENT) filed by federal defendants to extend time to 7/31/02 to file their status report (cdw) (Entered: 07/23/2002)

ORDER by Judge Henry H. Kennedy : granting motion to extend time to 7/31/02 to file their status report [87-1] by BOP, KATHLEEN HAWK-SAWYER, JOHN D. ASHCROFT (N) (dcn) (Entered: 07/24/2002)

NOTICE OF FILING by federal defendants declaration explaining the status of the BOP's compliance with Court's order of 2/19/02 (cdw) (Entered: 08/01/2002)