Case 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ Document 90 Filed 07/31/20 Page 1 of 2

HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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BLACK LIVES MATTER SEATTLE-KING
COUNTY, ABIE EKENEZAR, SHARON
SAKAMOTO, MURACO KYASHNATOCHA, ALEXANDER WOLDEAB,
NATHALIE GRAHAM, AND
ALEXANDRA CHEN,

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ORDER RE EVIDENTIARY
HEARING

Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 2:20-cv-00887-RAJ

v.
CITY OF SEATTLE, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT,

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Defendant.

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As explained in its previous order, Dkt. # 88, the Court must conduct an

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evidentiary hearing to determine if Defendant is in contempt of the Court’s preliminary

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injunction, Dkt. ## 42, 51. The Court held a conference with the parties today, July 31,

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2020, to discuss the nature of that hearing. In the end, the Court set several parameters

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and scheduled several dates as described in the table below.

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HEARING (VIA ZOOM) DATE

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Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., with a
lunch break from noon to 1:30 P.M. and
two 15-minute breaks at 10:30 A.M. and
2:45 P.M.

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August 26, 2020

ORDER – 1

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Length of Hearing

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Time Allocation: Five days of hearing to
be divided evenly by the parties.

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5 days

Initial Disclosures

August 5, 2020

Responsive Disclosures

August 12, 2020

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Joint Submission Setting Forth the City’s August 13, 2020 by noon.
Production of Body Worn Video Evidence
Hearing re the City’s Production of Body August 14, 2020 at 9:00 A.M.
Worn Video Evidence, Only If Parties Are
Unable to Reach a Compromise
Joint Witness and Exhibit Lists and All
Other Filings

August 18, 2020 by noon.

The Court also instructs the parties to meet and confer about the other topics

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discussed at the July 31, 2020, Zoom conference. They must submit a joint statement to

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the Court by Tuesday, August 4, 2020, describing the additional parameters of the

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evidentiary hearing not already covered by this Order.
Finally, to be clear, nothing in this Order should be construed as a ruling on the

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merits. At this juncture, the Court declines to grant or deny Plaintiffs’ Motion for Order

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to Show Cause Why City of Seattle Should Not Be Held in Contempt for Violating the

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Preliminary Injunction. Dkt. # 51. The preliminary injunction is still in full force and

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effect.

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DATED this 31st day of July, 2020.

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones
United States District Judge

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ORDER – 2