Overview

• U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan issued an order stating she will terminate the decree if the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals returns the case to her court for that purpose.
• The City of New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice jointly asked to dissolve the decree, marking rare alignment between local officials and federal lawyers.
• The consent decree remains in effect while the appeal is pending, and a court hearing could occur as early as November, according to local reporting.
• Earlier this year, Morgan rejected an immediate end to oversight and imposed a two-year sustainment period to test reform durability, a decision the city appealed.
• Put in place in 2013 after a DOJ finding of unconstitutional policing, the decree mandated federal monitoring, expanded training, and new accountability systems across the NOPD.