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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 JANUARY 20, 2022 STATUS HEARING  
 
The next status hearing in this case will be held on Thursday, January 20, 
2022 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/channel/UCIWD5tA9DvZskM37uuuPBMg/.   
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. 
The Court will also 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 between January 6, 2022 and 5 p.m. on 
January 18, 2022.   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 
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appropriate.  The written transcript of this status hearing will be placed on 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 Thursday, January 20, 2022 
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/channel/UCIWD5tA9DvZskM37uuuPBMg/.   
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 between January 6, 2022 and 5 p.m. on 
January 18, 2022.   Persons making written submissions must include their 
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full names.  No telephone calls, anonymous submissions, or written 
submissions that do not comply with these 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 9th day of December, 2021.      
 
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