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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 1:22-cv-24066-KMM

GRACE, INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF MIAMI,

Defendant.

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JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING MEDIATION

Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order of June 2, 2023 (ECF 69), the parties submit this 

Joint Status Report to inform the Court of the status of mediation discussions. e Parties have not

reached a settlement regarding the interim remedial plan.

1. e Parties conducted mediation from 3:00 to 6:20 P.M. on June 13 at Miami City 

Hall, before mediator Raoul Cantero.

2. All Individual Plaintiffs were present, as were representatives of each

Organizational Plaintiff with authority to enter into a full compromise and settlement.

3. Plaintiffs’ counsel Nicholas Warren, Daniel Tilley, and Christopher Merken were

present.

4. For the City, Melissa Fernandez-Stiers, Chief of Staff to the City Manager for the

City of Miami attended.

5. Counsel for the City, Jason Unger, Chris Johnson, and George Levesque of Gray 

Robinson, PA; and Victoria Mendez, John Greco, Kevin Jones, Kerry McNulty, and John Wysong 

of the City of Miami, Office of the City Attorney, were present.

6. e Parties did not reach a settlement regarding the interim remedial plan.

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Respectfully submitted this 23rd day of June, 2023,

 /s/ Nicholas L.V. Warren 

Nicholas L.V. Warren (FBN 1019018)

ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc.

336 East College Avenue, Suite 203

Tallahassee, FL 32301

(786) 363-1769

nwarren@aclufl.org

Daniel B. Tilley (FBN 102882)

Caroline A. McNamara (FBN 1038312)

ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc.

4343 West Flagler Street, Suite 400

Miami, FL 33134

(786) 363-2714

dtilley@aclufl.org

cmcnamara@aclufl.org

Neil A. Steiner*

Dechert LLP

 ree Bryant Park

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(212) 698-3822

neil.steiner@dechert.com

Christopher J. Merken*

Dechert LLP

Cira Centre

2929 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 994-2380

christopher.merken@dechert.com

* Admitted pro hac vice

Counsel for Plaintiffs

/s/ George T. Levesque

Jason L. Unger, Esquire

Florida Bar No. 991562

Jason.Unger@gray-robinson.com

George T. Levesque

Florida Bar No. 55551

George. Levesque@gray-robinson.com

Andy Bardos

Florida Bar No. 822671

Andy.Bardos@gray-robinson.com

GRAYROBINSON, P.A.

301 S. Bronough Street

Suite 600

Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Telephone: (850) 577-9090

Facsimile: (850) 577-3311

Christopher N. Johnson

Florida Bar No. 69329

Christopher.Johnson@gray-robinson.com

Marlene Quintana, B.C.S.

Florida Bar No. 88358

Marlene.Quintana@gray-robinson.com

GRAYROBINSON, P.A.

333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 3200

Miami, Florida 33131

Telephone: (305) 416-6880

Facsimile: (305) 416-6887

CITY OF MIAMI 

VICTORIA MÉNDEZ, City Attorney

Florida Bar No. 194931

JOHN A. GRECO, Chief Deputy City Attorney

Florida Bar No. 991236

KEVIN R. JONES, Deputy City Attorney 

Florida Bar No. 119067

KERRI L. MCNULTY, 

Litigation & Appeals Division Chief

Florida Bar No. 16171

Office of the City Attorney

444 S.W. 2nd Avenue

Miami, FL 33130

Telephone: (305) 416-1800

Facsimile: (305) 416-1801

Counsel for Defendant

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