[real-eyes] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's Order in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
- From: "Terrie Arnold" <tarnold2@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:07:52 -0500
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From: "Terrie Arnold"
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Cc: "Chip Hailey"
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Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008
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Subject: [Missouri-l] Fw:
[announce] Judge Robertson's Order
in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melanie Brunson"
> <mbrunson@xxxxxxx>
> To: <leadership@xxxxxxx>;
> <announce@xxxxxxx>;
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> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008
> 4:32 PM
> Subject: [announce] Judge
> Robertson's Order in ACB. v.
> U.S. Treasury Dept.
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> We received a copy of Judge
>> Robertson's order just a few
>> minutes ago. The text appears
>> below my signature. There is
>> an accompanying memorandum
>> which sets forth the judge's
>> rationale which I will
>> circulate as a separate
>> message.
>>
>> Enjoy this! It will be a good
>> excuse to party this weekend!
>>
>> Melanie Brunson
>>
>> Text of Order
>>
>> UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
>> FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
>>
>> AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND,:
>> et al., :
>> :
>> Plaintiffs, :
>> : Civil Action No. 02-0864 (JR)
>> v. :
>> :
>> HENRY M. PAULSON, JR.,
>> Secretary:
>> of the Treasury, :
>> :
>> Defendant.
>>
>> ORDER AND JUDGMENT
>>
>> The United States Court of
>> Appeals for the District of
>> Columbia Circuit having
>> affirmed this Court's
>> Memorandum Order
>> (Amended) of December 1, 2006
>> [72]:
>>
>>
>> 1. IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED
>> that the defendant has violated
>> Section 504 of the
>> Rehabilitation Act by failing
>> to provide meaningful access to
>> United States currency for
>> blind and other visually
>> impaired persons.
>> 2. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND
>> DECREED that defendant take
>> such steps as may be required
>> to provide meaningful access to
>> United States currency for
>> blind and other visually
>> impaired persons, which steps
>> shall be completed, in
>> connection with each
>> denomination of currency, not
>> later than the date when a
>> redesign of that denomination
>> is next approved by the
>> Secretary of the Treasury after
>> the entry of this order and
>> judgment.
>> 3. This Order and Judgment does
>> not apply to the one dollar
>> ($1) note, and does not require
>> the defendant to make any
>> changes to the one dollar ($1)
>> note. This Order and Judgment
>> does not apply to changing the
>> Series year or the signatures
>> of the Secretary of the
>> Treasury or the Treasurer of
>> the United States on each note,
>> nor to changing the
>> machine-readable features on
>> the notes that are not visible
>> to the naked eye.
>> Notwithstanding paragraph 2
>> above, given that the defendant
>> is currently engaged in
>> implementing a redesign of the
>> $100 note
>> ("the NextGen $100"), the
>> defendant need not comply with
>> paragraph 2 above in connection
>> with the NextGen $100 note
>> until the date when another
>> redesign of such denomination
>> is next approved by the
>> Secretary of the Treasury after
>> the redesign that is currently
>> in progress.
>> 4. The defendant shall file
>> periodic status reports
>> describing the steps taken to
>> implement this Order and
>> Judgment. The first such
>> status report shall be filed no
>> later than March 16, 2009, and
>> each succeeding report shall be
>> filed every six months
>> thereafter, until the defendant
>> has fully complied with this
>> Order and Judgment.
>> 5. The parties are directed to
>> confer and attempt to reach
>> agreement regarding plaintiffs'
>> claim for attorney's fees and
>> costs. If no agreement is
>> reached, plaintiffs shall
>> submit their application for
>> attorney's fees and costs
>> within 60 days of the date of
>> this Order and Judgment.
>>
>> JAMES ROBERTSON
>> United States District Judge
>>
>>
>>
>>
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