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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12102 Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA")

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., )

)

 Plaintiffs, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:14cv601-MHT

) (WO)

JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his )

official capacity as )

Commissioner of )

the Alabama Department of )

Corrections, et al., )

)

 Defendants. )

PHASE 2A CLASS CERTIFICATION ORDER

In accordance with the opinion entered today, it is 

ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court that:

(1) The motion for class certification (doc. no. 

665) filed by the remaining plaintiffs 

asserting mental-health care Eighth Amendment 

and involuntary-medication due-process claims 

is granted in part and denied in part.

(2) The motion is reserved for further 

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consideration in Phase 2B with respect to the 

Phase 2B medical-care claims.

(3) Two classes are certified pursuant to Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(2).

(4) A mental-health care Eighth Amendment plaintiff 

class is defined and certified as consisting of 

“all persons with a serious mental-health 

disorder or illness who are now, or will in the 

future be, subject to defendants’ mental-health 

care policies and practices in ADOC facilities, 

excluding the 13 work release centers and 

Tutwiler Prison for Women.”

(5) Plaintiffs Edward Braggs, Sylvester Hartley, 

Christopher Jackson, Brandon Johnson, Roger 

McCoy, Leviticus Pruitt, Jamie Wallace, and 

Robert Myniasha Williams are appointed as the 

representatives of the Eighth Amendment class.

(6) An involuntary-medication procedural 

due-process plaintiff class is certified as 

consisting of “all persons with a serious 

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mental-health disorder or illness who are now, 

or will in the future be, subject to 

defendants’ formal involuntary-medication 

policies and practices.”

(7) Plaintiff Quang Bui is appointed as the

representative of the procedural due-process 

class.

(8) No class is certified with respect to the 

involuntary-medication substantive due-process 

claim brought by plaintiff Bui. He will be 

allowed to pursue this claim individually.

(9) No class is certified with respect to the 

involuntary-medication substantive and 

procedural due-process claim brought by 

plaintiff McCoy. He will be allowed to pursue 

this claim individually.

(10) The Southern Poverty Law Center, the Alabama 

Disabilities Advocacy Program, and the law firm 

of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & 

Berkowitz are appointed as class counsel for

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both classes under Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 23(g).

DONE, this the 25th day of November, 2016.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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