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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 

JOSHUA DUNN, 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. )

 

ORDER 

 Based on the representations made at a hearing held 

in open court on April 15, 2016, and based on the 

agreement of all parties as to how to proceed, but with 

the defendants not having conceded any objections they 

may have to the motion generally, it is ORDERED that 

the motion to order mediation (doc. no. 407) is granted 

as follows: 

 The parties are directed to mediate the provisions 

of the “plan” described in the parties’ proposed 

settlement agreement (doc. no. 376-1). The court 

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appoints as the mediator United States Magistrate Judge 

Terry Moorer. Defendant Alabama Department of 

Corrections (ADOC) is required to bring appropriate 

knowledgeable personnel with decision-making authority 

to each mediation session. ADOC will provide the 

plaintiffs and the mediator with a schedule of topics 

to be discussed and the ADOC personnel to be present at 

each mediation session by April 18, 2016. Mediation 

will commence on April 19, 2016, and will continue from 

day to day thereafter until April 29, 2016, or until 

the parties have reached agreement on the terms of the 

plan, whichever first occurs. Nothing herein shall 

prevent the parties from having settlement discussions 

in addition to those required by this order. 

 DONE, this the 18th day of April, 2016. 

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson____ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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