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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

ANTHONY MAYS, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs-Petitioners, )

) Case No. 20-cv-2134

v. )

) The Hon. Robert Gettleman

THOMAS J. DART, Sheriff of Cook ) Presiding Judge

County, )

) The Hon. M. David Weisman

Defendant-Respondent, ) Magistrate Judge

)

and )

)

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 700, )

)

Intervenor. )

JOINT STATUS REPORT

Plaintiff Anthony Mays, as representative of a provisionally certified class, by his 

undersigned attorneys; defendant Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, by his undersigned 

attorneys; and Intervenor International Brotherhood of Teamsters, by their undersigned 

attorneys, submit the following Joint Status Report in compliance with the court’s order (ECF 

No. 153):

The parties have continued their discussions regarding the future of the case and have 

arrived at the following tentative agreements, subject to client approval and ongoing negotiation:

1. The parties have not been able to reach an agreement regarding the resolution of 

this matter.

2. Defendant Dart intends to seek certiorari from the United States Supreme Court 

with regard to the Seventh Circuit’s decision. Defendant Dart agrees that he will file the petition 

for certiorari no later than January 15, 2021.

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3. The parties have discussed a continuation of the stay of proceedings in 

combination with a continuation of the preliminary injunction, as modified by the Seventh 

Circuit, on the following terms:

a. The continuation of the preliminary injunction would be subject to the 

existing agreement, including Defendant Dart’s right to seek modification or 

termination of the preliminary injunction and Plaintiffs’ right to seek 

modification or enforcement of the preliminary injunction, should 

circumstances warrant.

b. The Sheriff would agree to provide Plaintiff’s counsel with certain 

information while this agreement is in effect. The parties are in discussions 

about the scope of such information.

c. The parties’ agreement would be presented to Judge Gettleman in the form of 

an Agreed Order to be signed by the District Court.

4. The parties expect to be in a position to advise the court at the status hearing on 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, whether they have reached agreement along the lines outlined 

in the preceding paragraph.

Respectfully submitted:

PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL

/s/ Locke E Bowman 

Locke E. Bowman 

Alexa A. Van Brunt

MacArthur Justice Center 

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

375 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 

Tel: 312-503-0884

l-bowman@law.northwestern.edu

a-vanbrunt@law.northwestern.edu

Sarah C. Grady 

Stephen H. Weil 

LOEVY & LOEVY

311 N. Aberdeen Street, #3

Chicago, IL 60607

Tel: 312-243-5900 

Fax:312-243-5902

weil@loevy.com

sarah@loevy.com

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Charles Gerstein 

Alec Karakatsanis 

Civil Rights Corps

1601 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20009 

charlie@civilrightscorps.org

alec@civilrightscorps.org

Tel: 202-894-6128

DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL

/s/ Robert Shannon 

Robert Thomas Shannon

James Matthias Lydon

Adam Robert Vaught

Gretchen Harris Sperry

Lari Ann Dierks

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

151 N. Franklin Street

Suite 2500

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 704-3000

Email: jlydon@hinshawlaw.com

Steve Grimes

Thomas F. McAndrew 

Winston & Strawn LLP 

35 W. Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL 60601-9703

Tel: (312) 558-8317

SGrimes@winston.com

TMcAndrew@winston.com

COUNSEL FOR INTERVENOR

/s/ David Huffman-Gottschling

Sherrie E. Voyles

Brandon M. Anderson

David Huffman-Gottschling

Jacobs, Burns, Orlove & Hernandez LLP

150 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1000

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 327-3443

davidhg@jbosh.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Locke E. Bowman, an attorney, certify that I caused the foregoing document to be filed 

before the hour of 5:00 p.m. on November 16, 2020 using the court’s CM/ECF system, which 

automatically sent copies to all counsel of record.

 /s/ Locke E. Bowman

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