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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans w/ Disabilities Act (ADA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN MANNICK,

Plaintiff, No. C 03-5905 PJH

v. ORDER ADOPTING REPORT 

AND RECOMMENDATION

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, 

INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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The court has reviewed Magistrate Judge 's Spero’s report and recommendation re

plaintiff’s application for order to show cause re contempt against defendants for failure to

comply with consent decree and order re injunctive relief; and report an recommendation re

defendants’ motion for modification of consent decree re interior hospital room renovations,

filed December 1, 2006. Neither plaintiff nor defendants have filed any objections to the

report and recommendation. 

The court finds the report correct, well-reasoned and thorough, and adopts it in

every respect. Accordingly, as set forth in the report, defendants are hereby ordered to

participate in compliance hearings, to be conducted by Magistrate Judge Spero, every four

months until all required work is completed. The parties shall submit a joint status report

ten days prior to each hearing. At such hearings, Judge Spero may also consider and

recommend any further remedies that are necessary, depending on the progress of the

construction. 

Further, the consent decree is hereby modified to allow Kaiser to complete the

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future construction in two phases, as detailed in the report and recommendation. The first

part of the construction, to begin as soon as the permits are issued, shall comprise one

eighth-floor patient room and one roll-in shower/restroom on the tenth floor. Construction

on the second phase, comprising the second eighth-floor room and the remaining roll-in

shower/restrooms, shall begin after completion of the first phase. The court hereby

incorporates by reference into this order the modifications to the consent decree that are

set forth in the report. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 18, 2006

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PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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