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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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 MOTION FOR STAY AND CONTINUANCE 

Plaintiffs, GRACE, Inc., Engage Miami, Inc., South Dade Branch of the NAACP, MiamiDade Branch of the NAACP, Clarice Cooper, Yanelis Valdes, Jared Johnson, Alexandra Contreras 

and Steven Miro, and Defendant, City of Miami, (collectively, the “Parties”), and by and through 

the Parties’ undersigned counsel, hereby move for a stay and continuance in this matter and state 

as follows: 

1. The Parties have been negotiating in good faith toward a mutually agreeable 

resolution to this case and related litigation and believe they may have reached that resolution, but 

require more time to finalize the details and bring the matter for consideration to the City 

Commission. 

2. Based upon the current procedural requirements for notice and hearing, the Parties 

believe that the matter may be submitted to the City Commission for consideration at its May 9, 

2024 meeting. 

3. The Parties anticipate being able to provide the court with a status report following 

the May 9, 2024 Commission meeting. 

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4. To avoid further expenditure of time and resources of the Court and the Parties and 

to afford the ability to focus on finalizing the mutually agreeable resolution, the Parties jointly 

request this Court stay and continue the deadlines and hearing set in its recent order (ECF No. 186) 

until after the May 9, 2024 Commission Meeting. 

WHEREFORE, the Parties, Plaintiffs, GRACE, Inc., Engage Miami, Inc., South Dade 

Branch of the NAACP, Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP, Clarice Cooper, Yanelis Valdes, Jared 

Johnson, Alexandra Contreras and Steven Miro, and Defendant, City of Miami, respectfully 

request that this Court enter an Order granting this Joint Motion for Stay and Continuance in this 

action and continue all deadlines and hearings set forth in ECF No. 186 until sometime after May 

9, 2024. 

Respectfully submitted this 17th day of April 2024. 

/s/ Caroline A. McNamara

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*

Julia Markham-Cameron*

Dechert LLP

 ree Bryant Park

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(212) 698-3822

/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

Chri opher.Johnson@gray-robinson.com 

Marlene Quintana, B.C.S.

Florida Bar No. 88358

Marlene.Quintana@gray-robinson.com

Fabian A. Ruiz

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neil.steiner@dechert.com

Christopher J. Merken*

Dechert LLP

Cira Centre

2929 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(215) 994-2380

christopher.merken@dechert.com

Gregory P. Luib*

Dechert LLP

1900 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 261-3413

Gregory.luib@dechert.com

* Admitted pro hac vice

Counsel for Plaintiffs

Florida Bar No. 117928

Fabian.Ruiz@gray-robinson.com

Jessica D. Santos

Florida Bar No. 1038776

Jessica.Santos@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

Office of the City Attorney

444 S.W. 2nd Avenue

Miami, FL 33130

Telephone: (305) 416-1800

Facsimile: (305) 416-1801

Counsel for Defendant

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 17th day of April, 2024, I electronically filed the 

foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF, which will serve this document 

on all counsel of record via transmission of Notices of Electronic Filing generated by CM/ECF. 

/s/ George T. Levesque 

George T. Levesque 

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