Consent decree filings
This is an archive of key documents submitted to the Federal Court on the Seattle consent decree case, particularly related to accountability and Seattle police contracts. For other court filings, please email the Community Police Commission at OCPC@Seattle.gov.
2023
- September 6, 2023 | VIDEO: USA vs. City of Seattle, 12-cv-1282-JLR, Grant Joint Stipulated Motion to Approve Compliance Agreement, Civil Rights, 9/6/2023, 11:00 AM (PDT), Seattle Courthouse, Seattle, WA, Judge James L. Robart presiding.
- September 7, 2023 | Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 769, Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Joint Motion to Approve Proposed Agreement on Sustained Compliance
- April 26, 2023 | Brief of Amicus Curiae Community Police Commission in Support of Joint Motion to Approve Compliance Agreement
- March 28, 2023 | Agreement on Sustained Compliance and Stipulated [proposed] Order of Resolution, Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 727
- March 28, 2023 | Joint Motion to Approve Compliance Agreement, Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 727
2022
2021
- August 3, 2021 | Seattle Police Monitor 2021 Semi-annual Report
- July 27, 2021 | CPC request that the Court require parties to address the status of efforts to bring the City into compliance on accountability, Case 2:12-cv-01282-JLR Document 676
- June 2, 2021 | CPC Follow-up Regarding the Monitor Plan and Draft Assessment Methodology
- April 23, 2021 | Seattle Police Monitor 2021 Plan and Methodology
- April 7, 2021 | CPC Questions and Feedback Regarding the Monitor Plan and Draft Assessment Methodology
- February 3, 2021 | 2021 Monitoring Plan requirements, milestones, deliverables, and deadlines related to Consent Decree oversight and implementation
2020
- CPC response to motion to terminate substantive commitments of the Consent Decree, Jun 9
- City, DOJ motion to terminate substantive commitments of Consent Decree, May 7
- CPC response to 21CP's (consultant) assessment of police accountability, Jan 6
2019
- 21CP's (consultant) assessment of Seattle's police accountability system, Dec 13
- Community organizations' letter on SPMA contract public hearing, Sep 18, 2019
- CPC's response to City's proposed methodology, Aug 19
- Order finding City of Seattle partially out of compliance with the Consent Decree, May 21
- City's reply brief on Court's Order to Show Cause, Mar 6
- CPC's response to Court's Order to Show Cause, Feb 20
- United States (DOJ) response to Court's Order to Show Cause, Feb 13
2018
- City's response to Court's Order to Show Cause, Dec 17
- Court Order to Show Cause, whether City has failed to maintain compliance with Consent Decree, Dec 3
2017
- CPC letter to Judge Robart regarding full and effective compliance, Dec 8
- CPC response to City's motion to declare it in full and effective compliance, Oct 13
For older court filings, please email the Community Police Commission at OCPC@Seatte.gov