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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P 

ORDER 

 

 On July 27, 2017, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order requesting an 

extension of certain deadlines set in the court’s April 19, 2017 order, ECF No. 5610. 

Specifically, the parties request an extension of the deadline to file an addendum to the Program 

Guide identifying exclusions, if any, to the Program Guide timelines for transfer to mental health 

crisis bed care, from July 28, 2017 to January 31, 2018; an extension of time to file the joint 

report required by paragraph 8 of the April 19, 2017 order, from July 28, 2017 to August 29, 

2017; and a thirty-day continuance of the status conference/evidentiary hearing set for August 29, 

2017. See ECF No. 5653 at 4-5. By minute order filed July 28, 2017, to provide the parties with 

certainty in the short term, the court approved the requested extension while indicating a short 

order would follow. ECF No. 5654. 

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 The stipulation of the parties provides adequate detail to support the requested 

extension of the deadline for filing the report required by paragraph 8 of the April 19, 2017 order 

and the requested continuance of the status conference/evidentiary hearing and the approval of 

those requests is confirmed. 

The stipulation of the parties does not, however, provide an adequate explanation 

for seeking a delay of six months to finalize and submit for approval the Program Guide 

addendum identifying exclusions, if any, to Program Guide timelines for transfer to mental health 

crisis bed care. If there is an adequate explanation for the request that has not been fully 

described in the stipulation filed July 27, 2017, the court will grant the parties a period of seven 

days in which to file a supplemental stipulation clarifying the basis for this part of their request or 

modifying the request to shorten the period of delay. Cf. ECF No. 5631 (stipulation and order 

governing addendum to Program Guide identifying exceptions to transfer timelines to inpatient 

care). 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Within seven days from the date of this order, the parties shall file a 

supplemental stipulation clarifying the basis for their request to continue until January 31, 2018 

the deadline for completing and submitting for review and approval an addendum to the Program 

Guide that identifies exceptions to the Program Guide timeline for transfers to mental health crisis 

beds. This paragraph notwithstanding, the parties shall continue to meet and confer weekly, 

either in-person or through teleconferences, under the guidance of the Special Master, consistent 

with the purposes described in the stipulation. 

2. Given the parties’ ongoing efforts to identify and resolve the remaining 

issues related to delayed transfers to mental health crisis beds, including matters the parties may 

be able to narrow or resolve on their own as well as refining any disputes that may remain for 

resolution by the court, the hearing scheduled for August 29, 2017 is CONTINUED to September 

29, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom # 3. 

3. The deadline for filing of the joint report required by paragraph 8 on page 

15 of the court’s April 19, 2017 order, ECF No. 5610, is CONTINUED to August 29, 2017. That 

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report shall also describe the progress of the workgroup discussions that will be ongoing in 

accordance with the stipulation and paragraph 1 of this order. 

DATED: August 1, 2017. 

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