Spencer Class Documents and Actions - Spencer, et al., v. USDA

DATE	DESCRIPTION
On-Going	Redefining the USDA Class to focus solely on the Forest Service: Excerpts from newsletters, reports, and phone conferences
On-Going	Archives of USDA Class Complaint Reports
On-Going	Archives of Forest Service Class Complaint Reports
August 5, 2004	Redefinition of of Spencer Class Pending Decision from EEOC
March 14, 2004	Redefinition of Spencer Class: Notice Served to EEOC
September 29, 2003	Redefinition of Spencer Class: Formal and Public Proposal to Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
September 4, 2003	Formal Class Complaint: Imbalance and Under Representation of African Americans in the Forest Service
July 29, 2003	Formal Class Complaint: Disparate Application of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)/Mediation - Class Motion for Discovery
July 18, 2003	Formal Class Complaint: Disparate Application of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)/Mediation - Opposition to USDA Motion for Dismisal
May 24, 2003	Redefinition of Spencer class – Request for Agents/Volunteers
May 18, 2003	Informal Class Complaint: Imbalance and Under Representation of African Americans in the Forest Service
March 20, 2003	Generic Opposition to USDA Discriminatorily Holding Individual African American Complaints in Abeyance
March 11, 2003	Formal Class Complaint: Disparate Application of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)/Mediation
January 8, 2003	Redefinition of Spencer Class; Request Comments From All Agents
September 25, 2002	EEOC APPEAL DECISION: vacate and remand for further processing
March 8, 2002	Spencer letter regarding USDA subsuming casses 000762, 000763, 010243, 010408, and 010452 into Spencer class.
October 2, 2001	Spencer follow-up letter to David Winningham's non response to criticism for stonewalling Reed
August 21, 2001	Reed letter to David Winningham. Criticising stonewalling of Reed
August 20, 2001	Spencer letter to USDA (Winningham) criticising USDA's stonewalling the Reed class
July 18, 2001	USDA (Winningham) submitting Reed class to EEOC to be reviewed with Spencer
October 4, 2000	Proposed Coalition of Minority Employees Supporting MOU
August 23, 2000	Appeal to EEOC Office of Federal Operations
May 25, 2000	USDA's Opposition to Motion To Compel Agency To Process Individual Complaints, And Other Things
May 15, 2000	Class Motion To Compel Agency To Process Individual Complaints, And Other Things
April 23, 2000	Class Motion/Request for discovery and opportunity to respond to USDA's inaccurate opposition to the class.
April 18, 2000	Generic "Abeyance" Letter From USDA to African American Complainants.
July 8, 1999	USDA (David Harris/Arlene Leland) letter instructing agencies to hold up African American complaints in abeyance.
May 13, 1999	Class Agents
May 13, 1999	Relief/Resolution
May 13, 1999	May 13, 1999 - Class Formal EEO Complaint.
February 5, 1999	Initial Informal Class Complaint