Attorneys representing the 丹佛市和县 and the Secret Service, and ACLU of Colorado attorneys representing twelve advocacy organizations, filed documents late Thursday evening in federal district court indicating that they had reached agreement on some of the issues raised in an ACLU lawsuit filed May 1 that seeks to protect the right of free expression during the time of the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August, 2008.
The parties filed a document titled Stipulation Regarding Partial Resolution of Plaintiffs’ First Motion for Preliminary Injunction (“规定”). 他们还提交了一份 提出了订单 and jointly asked that the Court sign it and formally enter it as an order of the Court.
《利记sbobet》反映了双方在某些问题上的共识, thereby relieving the Court of the need to decide those issues in the lawsuit. It also reflects the parties’ “agreement to disagree” on additional issues that remain to be resolved by the Court.
双方的共识包括以下几点:
- 到6月12日, Denver will announce the street-by-street route of a “Designated Parade Route” to the Pepsi Center, 除了那条路线的终点在哪里.
- Groups that conduct parades along the “Designated Parade Route” will not be charged any of the normally-applicable fees and will not be asked to reimburse Denver for any costs.
- The Plaintiffs preserve their opportunity to challenge the adequacy of that “Designated Parade Route.” Plaintiffs also preserve their opportunity to argue for a prompt disclosure of the location and other details relating to the termination point of that route.
- The number of “slots” available for parades along the “Designated Parade Route” will depend on the size of the marches that are eventually approved for use of the route. As a result, the precise number of marches on each day won’t be known immediately. 然而, 丹佛同意尝试, 真诚地, 每天提供至少三个时段, 可能还有更多, 视情况而定.
- Plaintiffs preserve the opportunity to challenge any restrictions on the number of available time slots on the Designated Parade Route, as well as any other restrictions on the conduct of parades or the availability of opportunities for parades.
- Denver will begin processing already-pending requests for parade permits on June 12 and will complete that processing by June 19.
- 在处理了已经挂起的请求之后, Denver will accept and process any new applications for parade permits, either for still-available slots on the Designated Parade Route, 如果有任何, 或丹佛其他拟议路线的地点.
- Denver has announced that it will establish a “Public Demonstration Zone” on the grounds of the Pepsi Center. 《利记sbobet》规定，这个区域
“is not an isolated zone by which the City will confine demonstrations. This public area is simply a designated location that will provide sight and sound access to the convention 代表, 并向示威者开放, 代表, 好奇的旁观者和其他人.” - Almost all other details regarding the “Public Demonstration Zone” remain undisclosed at this time. The Plaintiffs preserve their opportunity to argue that those details must be disclosed promptly. Plaintiffs also preserve their opportunity to challenge any as-yet-undisclosed restrictions on First Amendment activity in connection with this “Public Demonstration Zone.”
- The Stipulation acknowledges that the City’s disclosures take certain pending issues “off the table,，法院不需要解决这些问题. The Stipulation also acknowledges a number of issues that remain unresolved. These issues remain the subject of the Plaintiffs’ first motion for preliminary injunction. 因此，原告继续要求法院下达命令
*directing Denver to disclose promptly the termination point of the Designated Parade Route;
*directing Denver to disclose promptly all restrictions that it will impose on activity within the Public Demonstration Zone, 如
-区域的位置和大小
-any restrictions on the number of persons allowed in the zone at one time
-所有出入口的位置
——自然, 高度, and transparency of any barriers that will interfere with or limit communication between persons inside the zone and 代表 outside the zone
-对区内的标志或横幅有任何限制
-any additional regulations or restrictions on First Amendment activity within the zone;
*and directing Denver to disclose any plans to close or restrict access to any other public forum space as a result of the DNC.
ACLU诉. 丹佛市和县, is assigned to Judge Marcia Krieger of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. 就在起诉的第二天, Judge Krieger ordered both Denver and the Secret Service to file a response within ten days. 被告后来获得了一周的延期. 他们的答复预计将于5月23日提交.
Lead counsel for the Plaintiffs are ACLU Cooperating Attorneys Steven D. 莱文沙利文科赫公司的赞斯伯格和克里斯托弗比尔 & 舒尔茨. Also representing the Plaintiffs are ACLU Legal Director Mark Silverstein and ACLU 工作人员 Attorney Taylor Pendergrass.
