Opinion ID: 2959641
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Heading: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Promotion

Text: On February 9, 2009, soon after the district court entered the liability judgment, the Plaintiffs filed a motion for a permanent injunction. The Plaintiffs requested “a permanent injunction prohibiting . . . Akron from utilizing or otherwise acting upon any promotional process, including but not limited to the process developed and administered in December, 2004, for filling the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain.” R. 256 at 1 (Pls.’ Mot. for Permanent Inj.) (Page ID #7528). The Plaintiffs also requested an injunction requir[ing] the development of a job-related non-discriminatory promotion process, under the supervision and guidance of a receiver appointed by this Court, that selects qualified candidates without adverse impact because of race or age and complies with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-et seq., the ADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection, 29 C.F.R. § 1607, et seq. Id. In the interim, the Plaintiffs sought “the promotion of each Plaintiff to the rank of Lieutenant and Captain,” and for the fire department to appoint “all acting officers for the ranks of Lieutenant and Captain, until the actual promotion of the Plaintiffs, exclusively from the pool of Plaintiffs, rotated on a seniority basis, with the incremental base pay set at the full-step in-grade level pending the development of the new promotion process.” Id. at 2 (Page ID #7529). On September 29, 2009, the district court denied without prejudice the Plaintiffs’ motion for a permanent injunction because the relief sought related to the Title VII claim for which the district court had not yet entered its findings of fact and conclusions of law. R. 276 at 1 (D. Ct. Order Re Permanent Inj.) (Page ID #7734).