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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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The third Plata court expert, Dr. Joe Goldenson, already serves on the Board.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCIANO PLATA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER,

et al.,

Defendants.

NO. C01-1351 TEH

ORDER APPOINTING

MS. MADELEINE LAMARRE

AND DR. MICHAEL PUISIS TO

ADVISORY BOARD

On June 6, 2008, this Court appointed an Advisory Board “to provide advice and

consultation to the Court regarding the Court’s role in overseeing the Receivership and all

other aspects of the remedial process in this case.” June 6, 2008 Order Appointing Advisory

Board at 1. The Court explicitly reserved “the right to appoint additional individuals to the

Advisory Board as the Court deems appropriate,” id. at 2, and appointed one such individual,

Dr. Jacqueline Tulsky, on February 25, 2009.

The Court has determined that the Advisory Board requires additional correctional

medicine and nursing expertise, and that it would be useful for the Board to include all three

individuals whom the parties initially agreed should be appointed as court experts in this

case. See June 13, 2002 Stip. & Order for Inj. Relief ¶ 17; June 13, 2002 Order Appointing

Experts Pursuant to Rule 706. Accordingly, the Court now appoints Ms. Madeleine LaMarre

and Dr. Michael Puisis to the Advisory Board.1

 Ms. LaMarre, a certified nurse practitioner,

has over two decades of experience in correctional nursing, including several years as the

clinical services manager for the Georgia Department of Medicine. Dr. Puisis, who currently

oversees medical care in the Cook County (Illinois) Department of Corrections, is a

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nationally recognized expert in correctional medicine and the editor of a key textbook in the

field, Clinical Practice in Correctional Medicine.

Ms. LaMarre and Dr. Puisis shall serve a two-year term on the Advisory Board that

will run from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011. All other provisions of the June 6, 2008 Order

Appointing Advisory Board shall apply to Ms. LaMarre and Dr. Puisis.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 06/29/09 

THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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