Braggs v. Hamm

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

EDWARD BRAGGS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. v. ) 2:14cv601-MHT ) (WO) JEFFERSON S. DUNN, in his ) official capacity as ) Commissioner of ) the Alabama Department of ) Corrections, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

PHASE 2A ORDER AND INJUNCTION ON MENTAL-HEALTH STAFFING REMEDY

On September 6, 2019, the parties submitted stipulations (doc. no. 2606) regarding mental-health staffing. Pursuant to these stipulations, the parties on September 13 filed an agreed-upon mental-health staffing matrix (doc. no. 2618-1). The parties agreed that these stipulations should be reduced to an order, which they agree will be enforceable under the court’s initial understaffing remedial order and opinion containing PLRA findings. See Braggs v. Dunn, 2:14cv601-MHT, 2018 WL 7106346 at *1-2 (M.D. Ala. Feb. 20, 2018) (Thompson, J.); Braggs v. Dunn, 2:14cv601-MHT, 2018 WL 985759 at *9 (M.D. Ala. Feb. 20, 2018) (Thompson, J.). The parties further agreed to

some clarifications of these stipulations during an on-the-record hearing on December 6. Accordingly, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT and DECREE of the court as

follows: (1) The stipulations (doc. no. 2606), as clarified

during the on-the-record hearing on December 6, 2019, and as attached to this order as Attachment A, are approved. (2) The mental-health staffing matrix (doc. no.

2618-1), as attached to this order as Attachment B, is approved. (3) Defendants Jefferson Dunn and Ruth Naglich are ENJOINED and RESTRAINED from failing to comply

with the attached provisions (Attachments A and B), as clarified during the on-the-record hearing on December 6, 2019. DONE, this the 11th day of December, 2019. /s/ Myron H. Thompson UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE