[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 13:57:01 -0500
I believe the Memorandum Order was dated December 2006.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
Kelly Stanfield wrote:
> if I'm reading this correctly, this is dated 2006?
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> 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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