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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Stip. and Order Modif. August 11, 2014 Order (ECF No. 5198) (2:90-cv-00520 KJM DAD PC) 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General 

ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931 

CHRISTINE M. CICCOTTI, State Bar No. 238695 

Deputy Attorneys General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 324-4921 

Fax: (916) 324-5205 

E-mail: Elise.Thorn@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al., 

Defendants.

2:90-cv-00520 KJM DAD PC 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING THE AUGUST 11, 2014 

ORDER WITH RESPECT TO POLICY 

REVISIONS ON THE USE OF 

EXPANDABLE BATONS 

 

On April 10, 2014, this Court ordered Defendants to revise policies and create plans related 

to the use of force and segregated housing of Coleman class members. (Order at 72-74, ECF No. 

5131, Apr. 10, 2014.) On August 1, 2014, Defendants filed several of the plans and policies 

contemplated by the April 10, 2014 Order, including the revised expandable baton policy. 

(Defendants' Plans and Policies Submitted in Response to April 10, 2014 and May 13, 2014 

Orders, ECF No. 5190 at 11, 25.) On August 11, 2014, the Court approved the plans and policies 

submitted by Defendants on August 1, 2014. (Order, ECF No. 5196, Aug. 11, 2014.) 

 Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) now seeks to 

further clarify its expandable baton policy and proposes a revision to its Use of Force policy set 

forth below. 

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Stip. and Order Modif. August 11, 2014 Order (ECF No. 5198) (2:90-cv-00520 KJM DAD PC) 

 Section 51020.5 of CDCR’s Use-of-Force policy will be revised to allow escorting 

officers to use discretion, where circumstances warrant, carrying batons in the extended position 

when escorting an inmate in restraints. The following revision shows the proposed change to the 

policy: 

51020.5 Use of Force Options

Hand-held batons: The baton is normally issued to custodial staff 

assigned to positions with direct inmate contact. The baton should 

not be carried in the extended position unless it is being utilized for 

the protection of the inmate and/or staff. During the escort of an 

inmate in restraints, the baton shall be carried in the extended 

position for the protection of the inmate and staff. 

CDCR presented Plaintiffs with several variations on the proposed revised language to the 

policy. The final version, set forth above, is approved by Plaintiffs and the Special Master. As a 

result, the parties, with the concurrence of the Special Master, stipulate as follows: 

STIPULATION 

1. The proposed revision to Section 51020.5 of CDCR’s Use of Force policy is approved. 

2. Defendants shall continue, under the guidance of the Special Master, to implement the 

plans and policies approved by the Court’s August 11, 2014 order, as modified by the proposed 

revision to Section 51020.5 of CDCR’s Use of Force policy identified herein. 

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Stip. and Order Modif. August 11, 2014 Order (ECF No. 5198) (2:90-cv-00520 KJM DAD PC) 

3. Implementation of the plans and policies approved by the August 11, 2014 order and 

this order shall continue to be monitored by the Special Master in accordance with his monitoring 

and reporting duties in this action. 

Dated: October 19, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Elise Owens Thorn 

ELISE OWENS THORN 

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

/s/ Michael W. Bien 

MICHAEL W. BIEN

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 27, 2015 

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