Black Parallel School Board v. Sacramento City Unified School District

District Court, E.D. California·Decided July 29, 2022·No. 2:19-cv-01768·Unknown

Opinion

MONA TAWATAO (SBN: 128779) 2 ALEXANDRA SANTA ANA (SBN: 317852) Equal Justice Society 3 1939 Harrison Street, Suite 818 4 Oakland, California 94612 Telephone: (415) 288-8700 5 Facsimile: (510) 338-3030 Email: epaterson@equaljusticesociety.org 6 mtawatao@equaljusticesociety.org 7 asantaana@equaljusticesociety.org 8 MELINDA BIRD (SBN: 102236) MUNMEETH K. SONI (SBN: 254854) 9 Disability Rights California 10 350 S. Bixel Street, Suite 290 Los Angeles, California 90017 11 Telephone: (213) 213-8000 Facsimile: (213) 213-8001 12 Email: melinda.bird@disabilityrightsca.org 13 meeth.soni@disabilityrightsca.org 14 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS (Additional Attorneys Listed on Final Page) 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 17 BLACK PARALLEL SCHOOL BOARD; S.A., by and Case No. 2:19-cv-01768-TLN-KJN through his Next Friend, AMY A.; K.E., by and through 18 his Next Friend, JENNIFER E.; C.S., by and through his 19 General Guardian, SAMUEL S.; on behalf of themselves N JOO IT NI TC E M O OF T IJ OO NIN FT O M R O FUT RIO TN H A ERN D and all others similarly situated, EXTENSION OF STAY OF 20 LITIGATION; AND ORDER Plaintiffs, 21 v. Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley 22 Courtroom: 2 23 SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Action Filed: September 5, 2019 JORGE A. AGUILAR, Superintendent for Sacramento 24 City Unified School District; CHRISTINE A. BAETA, NO ARGUMENT OR APPEARANCE Chief Academic Officer for the Sacramento City Unified NECESSARY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY 25 School District; JESSIE RYAN, DARREL WOO, REQUIRED BY COURT MICHAEL MINNICK, LISA MURAWSKI, LETICIA 26 GARCIA, CHRISTINA PRITCHETT, and MAI VANG, 27 members of the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education; THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF 28 SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendants. 1 NOTICE OF JOINT MOTION AND MOTION TO FURTHER EXTEND THE STAY 2 TO THE HONORABLE COURT: 3 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Plaintiffs Black Parallel School Board as well as S.A., K.E., and 4 C.S. (“Plaintiffs”), by and through their guardians, and Defendants Sacramento City Unified School 5 District, et al. (the “District”) (collectively with Plaintiffs, “Parties”), through their respective 6 counsel of record, hereby jointly move this Court for a brief extension of the stay of this litigation to 7 October 3, 2022 so that the Parties may finalize settlement negotiations. 8 As the Parties jointly move for the requested stay and agree on the propriety and scope of 9 same, the Parties do not believe argument or appearance is necessary for the Court to consider the 10 requested further stay, but are prepared to appear if the Court so orders. 11 STATEMENT OF FACTS 12 The Parties hereby stipulate to the following facts: 13 1. Plaintiffs filed their Complaint and initiated the instant action on September 5, 2019. (ECF 14 No. 1). 15 2. Plaintiffs served the District with its Complaint on September 10, 2019, and filed the related 16 Proof of Service on October 17, 2019. (ECF No. 7). 17 3. Shortly after Plaintiffs’ service of the Complaint, the Parties engaged in communications to 18 negotiate requesting a stay of this litigation for a designated period of time to allow the 19 Parties to participate in good faith negotiations toward a potential global resolution of this 20 action, thereby preserving the Parties’ and the Court’s time and resources. 21 4. On December 19, 2019, the Parties entered into a Structured Negotiations Agreement 22 (“Agreement”). (See ECF No. 24 at 9-23). The Parties also filed a joint motion for a stay of 23 litigation for the Parties to engage in agreed-upon structured settlement negotiations and 24 sought Court approval of the same, which the Court ordered and approved on December 20, 25 2019. (ECF No. 25). 26 5. The Court’s Order required the Parties to submit status reports every 90 days during the 27 period of the stay. (ECF No. 25). The Parties reported in the First and Second Joint Status 28 Reports that a number of interim measures and/or actions under the Agreement had been 1 completed. (ECF Nos. 28 at 3-5, 31 at 2-4). Additionally, in the Second Joint Status Report, 2 the Parties reported that the District had executed contracts to hire three neutral, third-party 3 subject matter experts – Dr. Jeffrey Sprague, Dr. Nancy Dome, and Dr. Jean Gonsier-Gerdin 4 (collectively, “Experts”). (ECF No. 31 at 3). The Parties further reported on an “Experts’ 5 Evaluation Plan” containing specific steps and work necessary to guide the Experts in their 6 review and analysis of the District under the Agreement. (ECF No. 31 at 3). 7 6. On July 14, 2020, the Court granted the Parties’ joint motion to extend the stay for six 8 months to allow the Parties time to complete the activities described in the Agreement, 9 including but not limited to providing time to the Experts to evaluate the District’s programs, 10 policies and services, and make recommendations that would inform potential resolution of 11 this matter. (ECF No. 33, 34). 12 7. Per the terms of the July 10, 2020 Order, the Parties filed a Third Joint Status Report on 13 August 13, 2020; a Fourth Joint Status Report on September 28, 2020; and a Fifth Joint 14 Status Report on November 30, 2020. (ECF Nos. 36, 37, and 38). 15 8. On January 6, 2021, the Parties filed another joint motion to extend the stay by an additional 16 five months to enable the Parties to continue to engage in structured settlement negotiations 17 and allow the Experts to complete their assessment of the District. (ECF No. 39). The Court 18 granted the Parties’ joint motion on January 8, 2021 and also ordered the Parties to file a 19 status report 75 days later and every 75 days thereafter during the duration of the extended 20 stay. (ECF No. 40). Accordingly, the Parties filed a Sixth Joint Status Report on March 23, 21 2021 and a Seventh Joint Status Report on June 1, 2021. (ECF Nos. 41 and 43). 22 9. On June 1, 2021, the Parties filed a joint motion to extend the stay an additional four months 23 to allow the Parties to continue to engage in structured settlement negotiations and allow the 24 Experts to complete their report on the District. The Court granted the Parties’ joint motion 25 on June 2, 2021. Pursuant to that order, the Parties filed an eighth joint status report on 26 August 16, 2021. (ECF No. 46). 27 10.On September 27, 2021, the Parties filed an additional motion to extend the stay an 28 additional four months to allow the Experts to complete their report and to allow the Parties 1 to engage in structured settlement negotiations. The Court granted the Parties’ joint motion 2 on September 28, 2021. 3 11.In the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Joint Status Reports, the Parties 4 provided the Court with updates regarding the Parties’ implementation of the Agreement. 5 (See ECF Nos. 36, 37, 38, 41, 43, 46). First, the Parties reported that they were working in 6 collaboration with the Experts and Dr. Judy Elliott to finalize the Plan. (See ECF Nos. 36 at 7 2-3, 37 at 3, 38 at 3). In the Fifth Joint Status Report, the Parties reported that the Experts 8 were close to finalizing the Plan and had made an initial request to the District for documents 9 and data sources, including but not limited to specific District policies and procedures, to 10 begin their review of the District. (ECF No. 38 at 3). In the Sixth Joint Status Report, the 11 Parties reported that the Experts had completed and executed the Plan to complete the steps 12 set out in the Scope of Work agreed upon through the Agreement. (See ECF No. 41). 13 Additionally, in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Joint Status Reports, the Parties reported 14 that they had exchanged various proposals regarding additions and/or modifications to 15 interim measures in the Agreement. (ECF Nos. 36 at 3, 37 at 4, 38 at 3).

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