Banks v. Booth

CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia
DecidedJanuary 26, 2021
DocketCivil Action No. 2020-0849
StatusPublished

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Opinion

ATTACHMENT B Case 1:20-cv-00849-CKK Document 138 Filed 12/12/20 Page 1 of 51

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

EDWARD BANKS, ef al., Plaintiffs, Vv. No. 1:20-cv-849 (CKK) QUINCY BOOTH, in his official capacity as Director of the District of Columbia

Department of Corrections, ef al.,

Defendants.

REPORT SUBMITTED BY AMICUS CURIAE PURSUANT TO SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 ORDER

(Table of Contents, Report Narrative, Index to Exhibits, Appendix A Exhibits 1A — 6 and Appendix B Exhibit 1)

December 11, 2020 IL.

IIL.

IV.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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App. B, Ex. 1

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EDWARD BANKS, ef al., Plaintiffs, Vv. No. 1:20-cv-849 (CKK) QUINCY BOOTH, in his official capacity as Director of the District of Columbia

REPORT SUBMITTED BY AMICUS CURIAE PURSUANT TO SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 ORDER

Pursuant to the September 1 , 2020 Order issued in the above-captioned matter, (D t. Nos. 12 , 12 ),'a , traceM. opesand Mar ordan,” submit the follo in report for

consideration by the Court and the Parties.

1 The Court amended the initial order issued on September 1 , 2020 to clarify the date by hich a ere re uired to be intheirrevie . The amended order re uired a to provide the Parties and the Court ith an oral report no later than October 1, 2020 anda_ ritten report no later than November 1 , 2020. Thereafter, on October 2 , 2020 a Second Amended Order Appointin Amicus as entered (D t No. 129), hich as identical in all respects to the prior order e cept, upon re uest of the a and ith the consent of the Parties, it chan ed the date of the oral report from October 1,2020,( hich asa Saturday), to November 9, 2020, and the date for the _ritten report from November 1 , 2020 to November 20, 2020. (D t No. 129). The Court ranted a consent motion to further enlar ¢ the filin deadline forthe ritten report to December 11, 2020, (D t. No. 1 2), to afford a sufficient time to complete additional unanticipated assessment activities. (D t. No. 1_ ). > err M. . rt I a,C.A.No. 1 19-8 (D.C. Super. Ct.) is a class action la suit related to the conditions of confinement and treatment in the District of Columbia s uvenile ustice system. race M. opes has served as the court-appointed Special Arbiter in this la suitand Mar ordanhas or edandcollaborated ith her on monitorin and reportin onthe District overnment s compliance ith the remedial orders issued in the case. The plaintiff class is represented by multiple attorneys, includin counsel from the District of Columbia Public Defender Service and the District of Columbia defendants are represented by counsel from the District of Columbia s Office of the Attorney eneral. Pursuant to a Settlement A reement approved by the Superior Court in uly 2020, durin ahearin conducted on December 1, 2020, the presidin ud ein err M. indicated that he found the conditions established by the Settlement A reement had been satisfied and that he ould be issuin a termination order later in the month. One of the conditions established by the Settlement A reement re uired the District of Columbia s Mayor to issue a Mayoral Order establishin the Office of Independent uvenile ustice acilities Oversi ht. A second condition re uired the Mayor to appoint Mar ordan as the E ecutive Director of Case 1:20-cv-00849-CKK Document 138 Filed 12/12/20 Page 5 of 51

I INTRODUCTION

This is the third report submitted by a in this case. ere initially appointed in an order issued on April 9, 2020, (D t No. 4 ), to provide specific information to the Court re ardin medical services and environmental health and hy iene related toCO ID-19, the disease caused by SARS-Co_ -2, the novel coronavirus, att o detention facilities operated by the District of Columbia Department of Corrections ( DOC ), the Central Detention acility ( CD )and the Correctional Treatment acility( CT). Pursuant to that order, a provided information to the Court and Parties durin an April 1 , 2020 teleconference and ina

ritten report submitted on April 18, 2020 (D t. No. 4 ). One day later, on April 19, 2020, the

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