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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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Req. to Modify Deadline for Activation of Office & Treatment Space at CCWF and Order 

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KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

JONATHAN L. WOLFF

Senior Assistant Attorney General 

JAY C. RUSSELL

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General 

ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931 

MANEESH SHARMA, State Bar No. 280084 

CHRISTINE M. CICCOTTI, State Bar No. 238695 

Deputy Attorneys General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 323-4025 

Fax: (916) 324-5205 

E-mail: Christine.Ciccotti@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al., 

Defendants.

2:90-cv-00520 KJM DAD P 

DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST FOR LEAVE 

TO MODIFY DEADLINE FOR 

ACTIVATION OF OFFICE AND 

TREATMENT SPACE AT CENTRAL 

CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S FACILITY 

AND ORDER 

 

I. INTRODUCTION. 

Defendants have completed twenty-six of the twenty-seven court-ordered construction 

projects designed to serve the mental health treatment needs of the Coleman class. The final 

project—construction of a treatment and office space building to serve the Enhanced Outpatient 

Program population at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF)—is more than ninety 

percent complete. Defendants expect to begin treating patients in the new building on October 5, 

2015, but request that the Court extend the completion date in the March 18, 2014 Order 

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approving Defendants’ activation schedule for this project to October 30, 2015. Good cause 

exists to grant this request due to delays beyond Defendants’ control. 

Defendants met-and-conferred with Plaintiffs and, although Plaintiffs did not stipulate to 

the extension, Defendants do not anticipate that Plaintiffs will object. Defendants also conferred 

with the Special Master, who indicated he did not object to this requested extension. 

II. THERE IS GOOD CAUSE TO GRANT DEFENDANTS’ REQUEST TO EXTEND THE TIME 

TO ACTIVATE THE TREATMENT AND OFFICE SPACE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT 

CCWF TO OCTOBER 30, 2015. 

On September 24, 2009, this Court ordered Defendants to file a detailed long-range 

construction plan, including activation schedules, with “a schedule with a date certain for 

completion of each project included in the long-range plan.” (ECF No. 3686 at 3.) Defendants 

submitted their long-range construction plan on February 18, 2010. (ECF No. 3805.) All of the 

projects have been completed except construction of a new treatment and office space building 

serving the 54 Enhanced Outpatient Program-General Population inmates at CCWF. (Id. at 6).1 

In May 2013, Defendants notified the Court that they expected construction to be completed by 

May 2015. (ECF No. 4623 at 3.) Construction began in December 2013. In January 2014, 

Defendants requested an extension of the activation date for this project to June 2015. (Defs.’ 

Mot. Regarding Defs.’ Long-Range Mental Health Bed Plan and Update to the Court, at 9, Jan. 

21, 2014, ECF No. 4984.) The Court granted the request on March 18, 2014. (ECF No. 5116.) 

Defendants now request a final extension to complete this project by October 30, 2015. 

Between April and July 2015, the project was delayed by issues with the contractor responsible 

for installing the fire alarm and difficulty in retaining union hall casual labor. (Decl. of Dean 

Borg at ¶ 5.) Additionally, during August and September 2015, Defendants encountered 

difficulty in scheduling the State Fire Marshal’s review of the project’s fire alarm submittals, and 

inspection of the project. (Id. at ¶ 6.) On September 17, 2015, the State Fire Marshal approved 

the low voltage fire alarm and control system plans. (Id.) The contractor anticipates it will 

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 Defendants’ initial plan added 70 Enhanced Outpatient Program-General Population 

beds at CCWF. (Id.) Defendants reassessed this project in light of the decreased population, and 

the Court approved Defendants’ request to cancel this bed expansion. (ECF Nos. 4144 at 3:19-23 

& 4195 at 12:6-11; see also ECF No. 4199 at ¶ 2.c.) 

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complete construction by October 5, 2015, assuming a successful State Fire Marshal inspection 

and resulting certificate of occupancy. (Id.) If construction is completed on this schedule, CDCR 

plans to begin treating patients in the new building on October 5, 2015. (Id.) CDCR’s Executive 

Staff in the Facility Planning, Construction and Management Division are closely monitoring the 

project to accelerate progress where ever possible. (Id. at ¶ 7.) 

III. CONCLUSION. 

Construction of the new treatment and office space at CCWF is nearly complete, and 

Defendants’ request to extend the activation deadline for this project to October 30, 2015 should 

be granted. Defendants will continue to accelerate completion of this project, if feasible, and 

expect that patients will begin receiving treatment in the new facility by October 5, 2015. 

Defendants will also continue to submit to the Special Master an activation schedule until the 

project is complete. 

Dated: September 22, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

DANIELLE O’BANNON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Christine M. Ciccotti 

CHRISTINE M. CICCOTTI

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

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ORDER 

Finding good cause, Defendants’ request to extend the deadline until October 30, 2015 to 

activate the office and treatment space for Enhanced Outpatient Program patients at Central 

California Women’s Facility, is granted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 29, 2015. 

 ________________________________ 

 KIMBERLY J. MUELLER 

 Judge, United States District Court 

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