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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI 
EASTERN DIVISION 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,       )  
           ) 
Plaintiff,          )  
     )  
v.          )            Case No. 4:16 CV 180 CDP  
     )    
THE CITY OF FERGUSON,        )       
           ) 
 Defendant.         ) 
           ) 
 
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER SETTING TELEPHONIC AND 
VIDEOCONFERENCE STATUS HEARING AND NOTICE OF LIVE 
AUDIO STREAMING OCTOBER 7, 2021 STATUS HEARING UNDER 
DISTRICT COURT AUDIO STREAMING PILOT 
 
The next status hearing in this case will be held on Thursday, October 7, 
2021 at 11:00 a.m.   Although previously scheduled as an in-person hearing, in 
recognition of the continuing spread of the COVID-19 virus and the continuing 
need to assist in the preservation of public safety and health during this period of 
national emergency, the hearing must be reset as a telephonic hearing.  The 
attorneys and Monitor will now appear by videoconference and the public will be 
able to listen to the hearing by telephone or by listening on the court’s 
YouTube channel.  No in person appearances are allowed by the parties or 
members of the public.  To listen by telephone members of the public may call 
telephone number 1-669-254-5252, Meeting ID: 160 670 3965.  To listen by 
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YouTube members of the public may access the court’s YouTube channel at   
https://www.youtube.com/c/USCourtsMOED.   
Pursuant to E.D. Mo. L.R. 13.02, all means of photographing, recording, 
broadcasting, and televising this hearing are prohibited.  Accordingly, audio of the 
proceeding, in full or in part, may not be photographed, recorded, broadcasted, or 
televised. 
To afford the public the opportunity to be heard, the Court will permit 
members of the public to submit written statements in advance of the hearing.  Any 
person wishing to provide written comments regarding the status of the 
implementation of the Consent Decree may do so by sending a written submission 
of no more than five pages to the Monitor at Fergusonmonitor@hoganlovells.com 
by 5 p.m. on October 5, 2021.   Persons making written submissions must 
include their full names.  No telephone calls, anonymous submissions, or 
submissions that do not comply with these requirements will be considered.  
The written statements will not be docketed in the Court file, placed on the Court’s 
website for this case, or otherwise read into the record of proceedings at this status 
hearing.  In addition, the Monitor will forward all timely submissions to the parties 
and the Court for review and consideration before the hearing, and the parties, the 
Monitor, and/or the Court may address particular submissions at the hearing as 
deemed appropriate.  The written transcript of this status hearing will be placed on 
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the Court’s website for viewing by the public without charge. 
Accordingly, 
 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court will hold a videoconference 
status hearing with all counsel and the Monitor on October 7, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.  
The Court will provide counsel and the Monitor with the procedures for joining the 
videoconference. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any members of the public who wish 
to listen to the hearing may do so by calling in to the Court’s conference line by 
dialing the following number: 1-669-254-5252, Meeting ID: 160 670 3965.  They 
may also listen to the hearing on the court’s YouTube channel, accessible at 
https://www.youtube.com/c/USCourtsMOED . 
Pursuant to E.D. Mo. L.R. 13.02, all means of photographing, recording, 
broadcasting, and televising are prohibited.  Audio of the proceeding, in full or in 
part, may not be photographed, recorded, broadcasted, or televised. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any person wishing to provide written 
comments regarding the status of the implementation of the Consent Decree may 
do so by sending a written submission of no more than five pages to the Monitor at 
Fergusonmonitor@hoganlovells.com by 5 p.m. on October 5, 2021.   Persons 
making written submissions must include their full names.  No telephone calls, 
anonymous submissions, or written submissions that do not comply with these 
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requirements will be considered.  The Monitor will provide copies of the emails 
to the parties and to the Court before the hearing. 
 
 
 
________________________________ 
CATHERINE D. PERRY 
 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
 
Dated this 20th day of September, 2021.      
 
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