Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 621 Filed 06/04/20 Page 1 of 3 The Honorable James L. Robart 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 10 Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 CITY OF SEATTLE, 13 Defendant. 14 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 2:12-cv-01282-JLR NOTICE TO WITHDRAW CITY OF SEATTLE’S PENDING MOTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (DKTS. 611-614) 15 16 On May 7, 2020, the City of Seattle (“City”) and the United States of America (“Parties”) 17 jointly filed a Stipulated, Joint Motion to Terminate Paragraphs 69-168 of the Consent Decree 18 (Dkt. 611). The City also filed a supporting Memorandum in support of the Motion (Dkt. 612) 19 and supporting Declarations of Ben Noble and Kerala Cowart (Dkts. 613-14). Since that time 20 unprecedented levels of protests have occurred in the City that engaged the Seattle Police 21 Department (“SPD”) in significant crowd management actions. These actions are governed by 22 23 policies implemented under the Consent Decree, including crowd management and use of force. 24 Further, these actions will be subject to review through many of the processes put in place by the 25 Consent Decree, including the Force Investigation Team, Force Review Board, and Office of 26 Police Accountability. The Parties make no assumptions regarding the propriety of SPD’s actions 27 during these protests, or what the appropriate outcomes of these processes will be, but, at this NOTICE TO WITHDRAW CITY OF SEATTLE’S PENDING MOTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (DKTS. 611-614) (2:12-cv-01282-JLR) — 1 Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 621 Filed 06/04/20 Page 2 of 3 1 time, believe additional time is necessary to ensure that termination of Paragraph 69-168 remains 2 appropriate. Accordingly, under L.C.R. 7(l), the City files this Notice to advise the Court that it is 3 withdrawing from the Joint Motion to Terminate Paragraphs 69-168 of the Consent Decree (Dkt. 4 111) and withdrawing the supporting Memorandum and Declarations (Dkts. 612 through 614). The 5 Parties intend to jointly apprise the Court of the status of this litigation at an appropriate time in the 6 future. 7 DATED this 4th day of June, 2020 8 9 10 11 Respectfully Submitted, For the CITY OF SEATTLE PETER S. HOLMES Seattle City Attorney 12 13 14 15 16 s/ Paul A. Olsen Paul A. Olsen, WSBA#29873 Assistant City Attorney 701 5th Ave., Ste. 2050 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 684-8200 Email: Paul.Olsen@seattle.gov 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NOTICE TO WITHDRAW CITY OF SEATTLE’S PENDING MOTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (DKTS. 611-614) (2:12-cv-01282-JLR) — 2 Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 621 Filed 06/04/20 Page 3 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 2 I hereby certify that on June 4, 2020, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 3 the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following: 4 Brian T. Moran bmoran@usdoj.gov 5 Christina Fogg Christina.Fogg@usdoj.gov 6 Matt Waldrop james.waldrop@usdoj.gov 7 Kerry Jane Keefe kerry.keefe@usdoj.gov Jeff Murray jeff.murray@usdoj.gov Ronald R. Ward Ron@wardsmithlaw.com Timothy D. Mygatt timothy.mygatt@usdoj.gov 10 Hillary H. McClure hillarym@vjmlaw.com 11 David A. Perez dperez@perkinscoie.com Anna Thompson annathompson@perkinscoie.com Kristina M. Detwiler kdetwiler@unionattorneysnw.com Merrick Bobb mbobb@pacbell.net 14 Bruce E.H. Johnson brucejohnson@dwt.com 15 Eric M. Stahl ericstahl@dwt.com 16 John Wolfe wolfe@orrick.com 8 9 12 13 17 18 DATED this 4th day of June, 2020, at Seattle, King County, Washington. s/ Paul A. Olsen 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NOTICE TO WITHDRAW CITY OF SEATTLE’S PENDING MOTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (DKTS. 611-614) (2:12-cv-01282-JLR) — 3