[real-eyes] Re: Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's Order in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
- From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:55:08 -0400
Why would they issue this order now?
Duyahn
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From: "Kelly Stanfield" <kstannfield@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's
Order in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
if I'm reading this correctly, this is dated 2006?
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Subject: [real-eyes] Fw: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's Order
in ACB. v. U.S.Treasury Dept.
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> Subject: [Missouri-l] Fw: [announce] Judge Robertson's Order in ACB. v.
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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.
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>>
>>> 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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>>>
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