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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 Granting Defs’ Req. to File Suicide Reports Under Seal (2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC)) 

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ROB BONTA, State Bar No. 202668 

Attorney General of California 

MONICA N. ANDERSON, State Bar No. 182970 

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

DAMON MCCLAIN, State Bar No. 209508 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931 

NAMRATA KOTWANI, State Bar No. 308741 

Deputy Attorneys General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 210-7318 

Fax: (916) 324-5205 

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

Attorneys for Defendants 

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

PAUL B. MELLO, State Bar No. 179755 

SAMANTHA D. WOLFF, State Bar No. 240280 

DAVID C. CASARRUBIAS, State Bar No. 321994 

 1676 N. California Boulevard, Suite 620 

 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 

Telephone: (925) 746-8460 

Fax: (925) 746-8490 

E-mail: PMello@hansonbridgett.com 

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST 

TO FILE SUICIDE REPORTS UNDER 

SEAL PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 

141 

Judge: The Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

 On July 25, 2022, the court adopted in full the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation Annual Suicide Report Proposal for Assuming the Annual Suicide Monitoring 

Report. (ECF No. 7574 and ECF No. 7592.) As required by the proposal, the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) filed its 2021 Report on Suicides in 

CDCR on September 29, 2022. (ECF No. 7615.) The proposal also requires CDCR to submit the 

individual suicide reports for suicides completed in 2021 to the Special Master and Plaintiffs 

under separate cover and conditionally lodge them under seal. (ECF No. 7574 at 15.) 

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REQUEST TO SEAL DOCUMENTS 

Under Local Rule 141, documents may be filed under seal only by written order of the 

court upon the showing required by applicable law. A party seeking to seal a document must 

submit a request to the court indicating the statutory or other authority for sealing. The court may 

properly seal records from disclosure to the public if the party submitting the records articulates 

compelling reasons to do so. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. Of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th 

Cir. 2006). On February 25, 2020, this Court ordered that “[t]he provisions of Local Rule 141(c) 

notwithstanding, all requests to seal documents shall be accompanied by a stipulation of all 

counsel consenting to the sealing request. (Protective Order, ECF No. 6482.) 

Defendants request that the Court seal the fifteen individual suicide reports, 446 pages in 

total, attached as Exhibits A through O to the enclosed letter from CDCR, that, as required under 

the proposal, have been submitted to the Special Master and Plaintiffs under separate cover. 

(ECF No. 7574 at 15.) Defendants request, and Plaintiffs agree, that these documents be filed 

under seal because they contain identifying information that is sensitive, private, confidential, and 

subject to the protective order entered in this action on February 25, 2020. (Protective Order, 

ECF No. 6482.) The fifteen suicide reports were provided to the Court by electronic mail 

concurrently with the submission of this stipulation and [proposed] order. 

If the Court approves this stipulated request to file under seal, Defendants will file the 

letter and reports in sealed form to protect the privacy of the inmates referenced in the reports. 

In light of the foregoing, the parties request that the Court seal the fifteen individual 

suicide reports indefinitely, and that only the Court, authorized court personnel, Plaintiffs’ 

counsel, Defendants, and Defendants' counsel be permitted access to these documents. 

Nothing in this stipulation is intended to modify the Parties’ rights to use the information in 

the fifteen individual suicide reports in a manner consistent with the protective orders 

applicable in this case.

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

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DATED: October 5, 2022 ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California

DAMON MCCLAIN

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

By: /s/ Elise Owens Thorn

 ELISE OWENS THORN

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

DATED: October 5, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP

By: /s/ Michael Nunez

 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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ORDER 

The Court, having considered Defendants’ request and the parties’ stipulation, and 

good cause appearing, hereby grants Defendants’ request to file the individual suicide 

reports under seal, ECF No. 7619. The Clerk of the Court shall file the individual suicide 

reports under seal nunc pro tunc to October 5, 2022. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 16, 2023. 

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