UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff,

v.

SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE et al., Defendants.

     The United States, Plaintiff, and Shelby County, et al., Defendants, having entered into the attached Settlement Agreement, jointly move this Court for entry of an Order conditionally dismissing this action, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2), conditioned upon Defendants' achieving compliance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement. The parties respectfully request that the Court place the case on its inactive docket while retaining jurisdiction over the case until a final dismissal with prejudice is entered.

Respectfully submitted,

For the United States:

/s/ Ralph F. Boyd, Jr.

RALPH F. BOYD, JR.
Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division

/s/ Terrell L. Harris

TERRELL L. HARRIS
United States Attorney Western
District of Tennessee

/s/ Steven H. Rosenbaum

STEVEN H. ROSENBAUM
Chief
Special Litigation Section

/s/ Mellie H. Nelson

MELLIE H. NELSON
Deputy Chief
Mary Bohan
Tammie M. Gregg
Trial Attorneys
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
Special Litigation Section
P.O. Box 66400
Washington, D.C. 20035-6400
(202) 616-2325

Dated: August 6, 2002

For Shelby County:

/s/ Fred E. Jones, Jr.

FRED E. JONES, JR.
Senior Assistant County
Attorney
160 North Main, Room 660
Memphis, TN 38108
901-545-4230

Dated: August ____ , 2002