Seattle '99-We won a lawsuit

Were you in SEATTLE in 1999 at the WTO Protests?
Do you know someone who was?
Were you arrested?
Do you know someone who was????
Or do you know someone who knows someone who....?

There has been a victory from a class action lawsuit
and those involved need to take action now!!!!
PLEASE READ the message below and use your networks
to get this message out. AND join us in celebrating
this victory!

THANKS.
(Feel free to contact me (info below) for
clarification if you don't really know what this is
about.)

Hello all,

Please read this important message (even
-?especially?- if you were not in this group of
arrestees)

Please help get information out to folks arrested in
the afternoon of Dec 1 1999 at 1st & Broad during
the WTO protests in Seattle.

As the attorneys explain below, the judge agreed to
the settlement so now people must TURN IN THEIR
PAPERWORK BY JUNE 22nd to be included in the class
and receive the $$ they are due. It's no longer
just a possibility, this is happening and the time
frame is short so please help now.

Yes, NOW is the time to work those networks to get
this information out to folks who might be out of
the loop. This is no small task and the attorneys
can only do so much:
We know folks.
We have websites on which we can post
announcements that arrestees might see (hint hint)
We have the networks and, without them, many
will never know that the city settled their case ...

LET'S USE THESE NETWORKS TO GET THE WORD OUT.
TELL FOLKS TO CONTACT the attorneys (info below) so
they can send them forms to complete. NOW is the
time to do it since they will only have until JUNE
22nd to return the forms.

Wouldn't it be great is we could get everyone
arrested at 1st & Broad to participate!!!! What a
great message that would send.

It would also be great if folks would cc me their
information so I can reach them better next time,
but my own request and isn't a part of the legal
stuff directly ....it's up to them if they want to
get my occasional emails about this stuff.
... AND anyone arrested during WTO but not at this
location should also get their current info to me so
we can reach them better if the other case ever gets
resolved.

In solidarity,
Erica
Jane WTO #890
can [at] drizzle.com
206-568-7110

P.S. If you yourself were arrested at 1st & Broad
and you want to participate but haven't received
your letter yet, definitely get your current mailing
address to the lawyers... ASAP ...so they can send
it to you.

PPS. No apologies this time for duplicate posts.
:-} If you are getting this multiple times, it just
means you are still accessible this way. BUT many
many other folks aren't; I'd like every arrestee to
get this at least the one time they need so they'll
know what's up.
***********************

Message from Tyler Weaver, attorney who has worked
on this and made it happen!

If you could distribute this message to your email
list, I would appreciate it.

This is a message from the primary attorney on the
litigation against the City of Seattle over the WTO.
For those arrested at First Avenue and Broad
Streets on December 1, 1999, there have been two
important, recent developments in the case.

1. Judge Pechman finally gave her preliminary
approval to the settlement reached in January. As a
result, today we are mailing, to all of the class
members for whom we have addresses, a notice
explaining the details of the settlement and a claim
form approved by the court. If you have given us
your address, you should be receiving this sometime
next week. To receive a settlement award, you MUST
a) be a member of the class arrested at First and
Broad, and b) return your claim no later than June
22, 2004. If you were arrested at First and Broad
but do not receive a notice in the mail within 10
days, please either email us (at
Allison [at] hagens-berman.com ) or call us at
1-877-694-0660 (press 9, then 7).

If you are returning a claim form but were arrested
and booked as a John or Jane Doe, I strongly
encourage you to provide us with whatever other
information you have that indicates you are a class
member, such as your processing number or a copy of
your processing papers.

2. On our motion, Judge Pechman also recently
ordered the City to seal the arrest records for all
of those arrested at First and Broad, and
furthermore to remove all records of the arrests
from the databases it uses to give information to
outside agencies. This should help considerably in
clearing the records of those who were arrested at
First and Broad, although even after the City cleans
its databases, there may be some residual effect in
national databases that have the old information.
We had requested that the court order the City to
inform any such databases, but the order did not go
that far.

For those arrested inside the city's no-protest
zone, not at First and Broad, we continue to await
the decision of the Ninth Circuit. We hope to
eventually be able to send a similar email telling
you that we have also recovered on your behalf and
that your records have also been sealed. For now,
all we can do is wait and hope the court rules in
our favor.

Tyler Weaver
Hagens Berman LLP_______________________________________________ Pagsact-l
mailing list Pagsact-l [at] earlham.edu
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