[real-eyes] Re: Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's Order in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
- From: "R. E. Driscoll, Sr." <llocsird@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:03:45 -0500
I believe the 2006 date refers to the Original Memorandum Order not the
subsequent action.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
jose wrote:
> well yah it started in 2006. wheels of Justas moving slow and all that jazz.
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> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's
> Order in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
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>> if I'm reading this correctly, this is dated 2006?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Terrie Arnold" <tarnold2@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 7:07 PM
>> Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's
>> Order
>> in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
>>
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Terrie Arnold" <tanderson3@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "MCBL" <Missouri-l@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: "Chip Hailey" <chiphailey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:37 PM
>>> Subject: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's Order in ACB. v.
>>> U.S.Treasury Dept.
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>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Melanie Brunson" <mbrunson@xxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <leadership@xxxxxxx>; <announce@xxxxxxx>; <acb-l@xxxxxxx>
>>>> 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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