REYNOLDS v. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Civil Action No. 2:85cv665-MHT.

JOHNNY REYNOLDS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

November 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Reynolds, Plaintiff, represented by Ann K. Wiggins , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher and Goldfarb LLC, Henry Wallace Blizzard, III , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN, Richard Hamilton Gill , Copeland Franco Screws & Gill PA, Robert Fletcher Childs, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb, Russell Wayne Adams , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Stanley W. Logan , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC & Steven Lee Atha , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC.

Jerry Pogue, plaintiff and individual-contempt plaintiff, Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Cecil Parker, Intervenor Plaintiff, Pro Se.

Cecil Parker, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN & Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb.

- Robert Johnson, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN & Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb.

Frank Reed, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN & Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb.

Ouida Maxwell, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN & Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb.

Martha Ann Boleware, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN & Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb.

Peggy Vonsherie Allen, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN & Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb.

Jeffery W. Brown, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Jon Craig Goldfarb , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC, Julian Lenwood McPhillips, Jr. , McPhillips Shinbaum L.L.P., Rebecca J. Anthony , USDC - ALN, Robert Lee Wiggins, Jr. , Wiggins Childs Pantanzis Fisher Goldfarb & Russell Wayne Adams , Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantanzis, PC.

William Adams, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (Non-Class Employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Cheryl Caine, Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Tim Colquitt, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

William Flowers, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Wilson Folmar, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

George Kyser, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Becky Pollard, Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Ronnie Pouncey, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Terry Robinson, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Tim Williams, on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons (non-class employees), Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Michael Grant, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

John D'Arville, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Andrew McCullough, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Raymond Paul Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Attorney at Law.

Department of Transportation, State of Alabama, Defendant, represented by Allen Robert Trippeer, Jr. , Porterfield Harper Mills Motlow & Ireland PA, Christopher Marlowe Mitchell , Maynard Cooper & Gale, Christopher William Weller , Capell Howard PC, David Randall Boyd , Balch & Bingham LLP, Ellen Ruth Leonard , Office of the Attorney General, Jimmie Robert Ippolito, Jr. , Alabama Department of Transportation, Laszlo Daniel Morris, Jr. , Alabama State Personnel Department, Mai Lan Fogal Isler , Capell Howard PC, Patrick Hanlon Sims , Cabaniss Johnston Gardner Dumas & O'Neal, Robert Austin Huffaker , Rushton Stakely Johnston & Garrett PA, William H. Pryor, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Barbara Jean Wells , Capell & Howard, P.C., Nathan Andrew Forrester , Tara S. Hetzel , Alabama State Personnel Department & Alice Ann Byrne , Alabama State Personnel Dept..

Department of Personnel, State of Alabama, Defendant, represented by Alice Ann Byrne , Alabama State Personnel Dept., Ellen Ruth Leonard , Office of the Attorney General, William H. Pryor, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Barbara Jean Wells , Capell & Howard, P.C., Tara S. Hetzel , Alabama State Personnel Department & Christopher William Weller , Capell Howard PC.

Anne Regina Yuengert, Alabama Department of Transportation, Defendant, represented by Christopher William Weller , Capell Howard PC.

Robert Bentley, Governor, State of Alabama, Defendant, represented by David Bryson Byrne, Jr. , State of Alabama, Governor's Office, Christopher William Weller , Capell Howard PC, Ellen Ruth Leonard , Office of the Attorney General & Troy Robin King , The Law Offices of Troy King.

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Amicus, represented by Barbara R. Arnwine , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Richard T. Seymour , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Teresa A. Ferrante , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law & Thomas J. Henderson , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Thomas G. Flowers, Interim Director of the State Personnel Department, Defendant, represented by Christopher William Weller , Capell Howard PC, Ellen Ruth Leonard , Office of the Attorney General, William H. Pryor, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General & Tara S. Hetzel , Alabama State Personnel Department.

Lena Burroughs, Movant, Pro Se.

Carlos Gonzalez, Hon., Special Master, represented by Carlos A. Gonzalez .

Joseph McInnes, in his official capacity as Director of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Defendant, represented by Christopher William Weller , Capell Howard PC & Ellen Ruth Leonard , Office of the Attorney General.

Joseph McInnes, Defendant, represented by Tara S. Hetzel , Alabama State Personnel Department.

Elaine M. Coley, Movant, Pro Se.

Shirley Mays, Movant, Pro Se.

Calvin Lamar, Movant, Pro Se.

Mary Lamar, Movant, Pro Se.

Gloria Pugh, Movant, Pro Se.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The court being of the opinion that one of the purposes the contempt-fines fund should be used for is the termination of this litigation, and pursuant to the court's order approving procedures to effect the decertification of the hiring class (doc. no. 8882), it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) The plaintiffs' objections (doc. no. 8914) are overruled.

(2) The special master's recommendation...

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