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Proposed Order To Show Cause.5 22 2020.
Proposed Order To Show Cause.5 22 2020.
Defendants.
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Upon the declaration of Dominique Day, signed May 26, 2020, exhibits accompanying said
ORDERED that the above-named Defendants show cause before this Court, at Room
___, United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, in Manhattan, in New York County in the State
counsel may be heard, why an order should not be issued pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure and this Court’s inherent equitable powers to enforce its own orders and
judgments:
(1) Finding Defendant City of New York to be in violation of the Court’s August 12, 2013
Opinion and Order (Dkt # 372) and Findings and Fact and Conclusions of Law (Dkt #
373), and the Court’s August 24, 2015 Order approving the New York Police
Department’s (NYPD) Policy Prohibiting Racial Profiling and Bias-Based Policing (Dkt
# 517);
(2) Compelling the City of New York to produce all materials and information responsive to
Plaintiffs’ outstanding discovery requests concerning the NYPD’s efforts to enforce the
social distancing directives issued by the City and State of New York in response to the
(3) Directing the Court-appointed Independent Monitor to, within thirty (30) days, (i)
conduct an investigation and evaluation of the legality and consistency with the
requirements of the Court’s orders of the NYPD’s social distancing enforcement efforts,
including, but not limited to, a review of all NYPD social distancing-related
investigative encounter, arrest and summons activity thus far, all written and verbal
NYPD senior management and command-level supervisors, and all data on NYPD
distancing enforcement activity; (ii) share all information, data, documents, and
conclusions pursuant to this investigation with the Plaintiffs for consultation in advance
of reporting; and (iii) present all of his investigative findings in a report shared with the
(4) Temporarily enjoining any further social distancing enforcement efforts by the NYPD
pending further order of this Court, following its review and consideration of the
Monitor’s report and the parties’ responses and upon its determination that the NYPD is
able to enforce social distancing requirements without violating the Court’s prior orders.
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ORDERED that that service by electronic mail of a copy of this order and annexed
documents upon the Defendants’ counsel on or before ____ o’clock on ____________ shall be
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