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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 0:20-cv-61113

CODY BARNETT, WILLIAM BENNET,

CHRISTOPHER BROWN, JESSE

CALLINS, GREGORY DUNNING,

BERNARD FRANKLIN, RICARDO

GONZALES GUERRA, HEATHER LEWIS,

ROBERT MORRILL, SAMUEL PAULK,

HELEN PICIACCHI, DARIUS WALKER

GREAVES and TODD WATSON, on their

own and on behalf of a class of similarly

situated persons,

Plaintiffs/Petitioners,

DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREGORY TONY, in his official capacity as

Sheriff of Broward County,

Defendant/Respondent. 

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SHERIFF’S SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUNTARY REPORT OF 

INFORMATION/UPDATE ADDRESSING VACCINATION OF INMATES

COMES NOW the BROWARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE, named in this proceeding as 

“GREGORY TONY, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Broward County” (BSO), by and 

through BSO’s undersigned counsel, and supplements its initial voluntary report of 

information/update addressing vaccination of inmates (DE 109) and states:

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Updated information on BSO inmate mass vaccination initiative

Since BSO’s filing yesterday (DE 109), BSO has made significant additional strides 

in its inmate mass vaccination initiative, to-wit:

(1) Yesterday, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, BSO contacted the State of Florida 

Emergency Operations Team (EOT) for Region 7. At BSO’s request, that team is going to 

provide mass vaccinations for BSO’s entire inmate population;

(2) A vaccination team consists of 10 to 13 nurses. The team will complete the 

vaccination paperwork, administer the vaccine dosage, enter the vaccination information 

in Florida SHOTS, and observe the vaccinated inmates during the 10 to 15 minute postvaccination evaluation period;

(3) The vaccination team will administer the Johnson & Johnson (single dose) 

vaccine.

(4) An estimated 20% of the total inmate jail population not already vaccinated

is anticipated to accept the vaccine. Should acceptance numbers exceed that estimate, 

additional vaccine doses are readily available and deliverable to the vaccination team 

within an hour;

(5) BSO’s mass vaccination initiative will be completed from Monday, May 17 

through May 21, 2021. EOT has offered four (4) vaccination teams to complete the mass 

vaccination effort at all BSO jail facilities on a single day or at a single facility each day. 

BSO currently is assessing the options from a jail operational perspective; and

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(6) BSO will require that a Wellpath1employee complete vaccination refusal 

forms for all inmates declining the vaccine. 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 12th day of May 2021, I electronically filed the 

foregoing document with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF system. I further certify 

that I either mailed the foregoing document and the Notice of Electronic Filing by first 

class mail to any non CM/ECF participants and/or the foregoing document was served via 

transmission of Notice of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF to any and all active 

CM/ECF participants.

JOHNSON, ANSELMO, MURDOCH, BURKE,

PIPER & HOCHMAN, P.A.

Attorneys for Defendant, Gregory Tony

2455 East Sunrise Boulevard, Suite 1000

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304

Tel: (954) 463-0100

Fax: (954) 463-2444

/s/Michael R. Piper 

Michael R. Piper

Florida Bar No.: 710105

1 BSO’s jail healthcare services vendor.

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SERVICE LIST

Benjamin James Stevenson, Esq.

ACLU Foundation of Florida

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Petitioners

3 W. Garden Street, Suite 712

Pensacola, FL 32502

Bar No.: 598909

Tel: (786) 363-2738

bstevenson@aclufl.org

Anjana Samanat, Esq. 

Steven Watt, Esq. 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION

120 Broad Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Tel: (212) 549-2500

asamant@aclu.org

swatt@aclu.org

Brian Stull, Esq. 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION

201 W. Main Street, Suite 402

Durham, NC 27701

Tel: (919) 682-9469

bstull@aclu.org

Eric Balaban, Esq. 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 

915 15th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

Tel: (202) 393-4930

ebalaban@aclu.org

Suhana S. Han, Esq. 

Akash M. Toprani, Esq. 

SULLIVAN & COMPWELL, LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, NY 10004

Tel: (212) 558-4000

hans@sullcrom.com

toprania@sullcrom.com

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Jacqueline Nicole Azis, Esq.

ACLU Foundation of Florida

4023 N. Armenia Ave, Suite 450

Tampa, FL 33607

Bar No.: 101057

Tel: (786) 363-2708

jazis@aclufl.org

Daniel Tilley, Esq.

ACLU Foundation of Florida

4343 W. Flagler Street, Suite 400

Miami, FL 33134

Bar No.: 102882

Tel: (786) 363-2714

dtilley@aclufl.org

Curtis Filaroski, Esq.

Florida Bar No.: 111972

Kathryn Strobach, Esq.

Florida Bar No.: 670121

DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA, INC.

1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 640

Tampa, FL 32308

Tel: (850) 488-9071

curtisf@disabilityrightsflorida.org

kathryns@disabilityrightsflorida.org

 

Michael R. Piper, Esq.

Christopher J. Stearns, Esq.

JOHNSON, ANSELMO, MURDOCH,

BURKE, PIPER & HOCHMAN, PA

Attorneys for Gregory Tony, as Sheriff of Broward County 

2455 E. Sunrise Boulevard, Suite 1000

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304

Tel: (954) 463-0100

Fax: (954) 463-2444

piper@jambg.com / stearns@jambg.com

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