Employment Litigation in the District Court for the District of Columbia:
Campbell, et al. v. Amtrak, 1:99CV02979 (EGS) – SETTLED

 

The long-running case Campbell, et al. v. Amtrak, originally filed in November 1998, has now been settled.  We are gratified to have reached a resolution of the case for our Campbell clients.  The Campbell case demonstrates the long-term commitment Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb has to its clients and to the cause of civil rights.  We congratulate the Campbell clients on their settlement, and thank them for retaining WCPFG to represent them.

Williams, et al. v. Amtrak, 1:21CV1122 (EGS)(MU) – ACTIVE AND ONGOING

Approximately 275 of the former putative class members, as the (uncertified) classes were defined in the Campbell, et al. v. Amtrak case, filed their own individual-plaintiffs case in 2021.  We recently sent a full update letter to the Williams clients, who possess the same resolve and courage as the Campbell Plaintiffs, to continue the cause of battling racial discrimination against African-Americans employed, or seeking employment, in union-represented jobs at Amtrak.  Although the Update Letter contains all the important – and privileged, confidential – information for clients, below are highlights and deadlines of public record.

• RULING BY THE COURT ON APRIL 28, 2023
  • Five persons who four years ago filed a motion to join Campbell were instead placed into Williams.

• HEARING IN COURT ON JUNE 7, 2023
  • The Magistrate Judge held that the Court would allow the filing of a THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT. This will be the last amended complaint allowed, absent extraordinary circumstances.
  • Amtrak’s various motions to dismiss or for summary judgment were denied as moot. However, they may be refiled later.
  • SCHEDULE: The Magistrate Judge entered the following schedule, which was agreed upon by the parties:
    • JULY 24, 2023 – THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT to be filed
    • September 8, 2023 – Amtrak’s response to Third Amended Complaint to be filed (Answer and/or Motions)
    • September 29, 2023 – Plaintiff’s Opposition(s) to Motion(s) to Dismiss (if Motion(s) filed on September 8)
    • October 14, 2023 – Amtrak’s Reply to Plaintiffs’ Opposition
  • IMPORTANT: All Williams Plaintiffs should transmit their information to Lead Counsel as quickly as possible. Do not put it off until later.  The THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT will be filed no later than July 24, 2023.  Do not wait until the last day to provide any information for this filing.
  • To view or download the current SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT, click here.
  • The view or download the DRAFT THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT, click here. This document will be updated periodically as more information comes in.
• For all named Plaintiffs in Williams, et al. v. Amtrak:
• If your physical residence address (not P.O. Box) is now different from what is listed in the caption of the DRAFT THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT, please contact lead counsel, as indicated below.
• If your other contact information, including mailing address, telephone number(s), and email address(es) have changed in the past two years, please contact lead counsel.
• If you are a named Plaintiff in Williams, listed above, but have not been able open or download the Update Letter recently sent out, please contact lead counsel.
• If you are a named Plaintiff in Williams, listed above, please read the Update Letter carefully and thoroughly and do the things requested in that Update Letter. Please remember that the Update Letter, and all communications to and from your lawyers, are PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL and not to be shared with anyone else and are not to be uploaded or discussed on any type of social media. If you have any questions about this, or anything else regarding the case, please communicate directly with lead counsel, as indicated below, or with the staff of Wiggins Childs.
  • Please note that the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, which was our co-counsel in the Campbell case, is NOT involved in Williams at all. If you contact the WLC, they will simply direct you to Wiggins Childs.
• If you are listed as a Plaintiff in the complaints in the links above, but you do not want to be in the Williams, et al. v. Amtrak case, please contact lead counsel.
• No additional plaintiffs will be added to the Williams, et al. v. Amtrak
• Named Plaintiffs: please watch your email for more Updates and check in at this web page periodically for other news and posted documents.

Lead Attorney in the Washington, D.C. office for Williams, et al. v. Amtrak:
Timothy Fleming, of counsel
Wiggins Childs Pantazis Fisher Goldfarb, PLLC
2208 18^th Street, N.W., # 110
Washington, D.C. 20009

Email: tfleming@wigginschilds.com

Office phone no. (for voice mail only): (202) 467-4489

Fax no.: (205) 453-4907