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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

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

Defendants. 

No. CIV. S-90-520 LKK/DAD (PC) 

ORDER 

On May 29, 2013, plaintiffs filed a motion for enforcement 

of court orders and affirmative relief related to use of force 

and disciplinary measures against members of the plaintiff class. 

(ECF No. 4638) Evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs’ motion was 

conducted over a period which commenced on October 1, 2013 and 

continued over fourteen court days, concluding on November 6, 

2013.1

 Following filing of closing briefs by the parties, the 

matter was submitted for decision.2

 

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 Approximately five of those days were spent on testimony related to 

plaintiffs’ motion concerning access to inpatient hospital care for inmates on 

death row (ECF No. 4543). That motion has been resolved by separate order. 

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 By separate order, submission of the motion has been vacated. 

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Defendants’ written policy governing use of force is found 

at 15 C.C.R. §§ 3268-3268.3 and at § 51020 of the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) Department 

Operations Manual (D.O.M.). Reporter’s Transcript Re: 

Evidentiary Hearing (RT) at 801:5-16. At the evidentiary 

hearing, Michael Stainer, then Acting Director for CDCR’s 

Division of Adult Institutions3, testified concerning a process 

that was underway to revise some of the use of force provisions 

in the D.O.M. See, e.g., RT at 811:1-19; 825:11-826:25; 919:1-

925:19. On January 21, 2014, defendants filed a declaration from 

Mr. Stainer to which is appended revisions to the use of force 

provisions of the D.O.M. Decl. of Stainer and Ex. A thereto, 

filed January 21, 2014 (ECF Nos. 4987 and 4987-1). Therein, Mr. 

Stainer avers that the revisions have been finalized and “will be 

fully implemented in the next 60 to 90 days following the 

development and completion of staff training on the revisions.” 

Decl. of Stainer (ECF No. 4987) at ¶ 2. 

Good cause appearing IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Within twenty days from the date of this order, 

plaintiffs shall file a brief addressing how, in their 

view, the new D.O.M provisions bear on issues raised in 

their May 29, 2013 motion. Defendants may file a 

responsive brief within ten days thereafter. 

2. Within thirty days from the date of this order defendants 

shall file evidence of their plan for implementing the 

new D.O.M. provisions, including but not limited to staff 

 

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 On November 19, 2013, Mr. Stainer was sworn in as lead director of CDCR’s 

Division of Adult Institutions. RT at 3268:14-21. 

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training plans and any other directives that have been or 

may be issued. Defendants shall also inform the court in 

writing of how they plan to ensure and enforce compliance 

with the new D.O.M. provisions and shall file, as 

appropriate, affidavits or other evidence that bears on 

these matters. 

3. Within twenty days after the filing referred to in 

paragraph 2 of this order, plaintiffs shall file a brief 

addressing how, in their view, the documents filed by 

defendants in response to that order bear on issues 

raised in the May 29, 2013 motion. Defendants may file a 

responsive brief within ten days thereafter. 

DATED: January 23, 2014. 

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