Legal Opinion
Jones v. Gusman
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 6, 2013No. Civil Action Nos. 12-138, 12-859PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER APPROVING CONSENT JUDGMENT AND CERTIFYING SETTLEMENT CLASS
LANCE M. AFRICK, District Judge.
Before the Court is the joint motion1 for approval of the proposed consent judgment2 filed by plaintiffs, LaShawn Jones et al. (“Class Plaintiffs”), intervenor plaintiff, the United States of America (“United States”) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), and defendant, the Orleans Parish Sheriff (“Sheriff’). Also before the Court is the motion3 for certification of a settlement class filed by Class Plaintiffs, which the United States and the Sheriff do not oppose. Third-party defendant, the City of New…
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