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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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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

ADVISORY BOARD

When this Court originally appointed a Receiver, it expressed its intention of

appointing “an Advisory Board of no more than five members to assist and advise the Court

and the Receiver with respect to achieving the goals of the Receivership.” Feb. 14, 2006

Order Appointing Receiver at 9. The Court reiterated that intention when it appointed a new

Receiver earlier this year. Jan. 23, 2008 Order Appointing New Receiver at 5-6. At that

time, the Court also explained that it may expand the advisory board beyond five members

“to ensure that medical, correctional, and any other areas of necessary expertise are

adequately represented.” Id.

 While the Advisory Board may provide the Receiver with advice and consultation as

he carries out his duties, the Court makes clear that the Advisory Board formally reports only

to the Court. Thus, the sole mission of the Advisory Board is 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. In performing their duties consistent with

this order, all members of the Advisory Board shall have the status of officers and agents of

this Court and, accordingly, shall be afforded the same immunities that vest with this Court.

The Court intends for the Advisory Board, among other duties, to review the

Receiver’s quarterly reports and advise the Court on the Receiver’s progress, including the

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implementation status of the Receiver’s plan of action. The Court may also ask the Advisory

Board to consider specific questions concerning the remedial process and to perform other

duties as assigned. The Court will work with the Advisory Board to determine the contours

of how the Advisory Board’s mission and duties shall be performed. All proceedings of the

Advisory Board and communications between the Advisory Board and the Court shall be

confidential and privileged.

With good cause appearing, the Court hereby appoints the following individuals to

serve on the Plata v. Schwarzenegger Advisory Board: Mr. Richard Bayquen, Dr. Henry

Chambers, Ms. Rebecca Craig, Dr. Joe Goldenson, Ms. Kathleen Howard, Dr. David

Lawrence, Mr. Arnold Perkins, and Professor Robert Weisberg. Brief biographies of these

individuals are attached to this order. The Court reserves the right to appoint additional

individuals to the Advisory Board as the Court deems appropriate.

Advisory Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the Court for renewable twoyear terms of appointment, effective June 16, 2008. They shall each be provided with an

annual honorarium of $1000 and shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, including any

necessary travel. As previously ordered, all costs associated with the Advisory Board shall

be borne by Defendants as part of the Receivership’s budget. Jan. 23, 2008 Order

Appointing New Receiver at 5.

As part of his duties as the Pro Bono Special Assistant to the Court, Mr. Starr

Babcock shall serve as an ex officio member of the Advisory Board and shall assist the Court

with coordinating the Advisory Board’s activities. Mr. Babcock shall also continue his work

in facilitating discussions concerning monitoring and inmate correspondence.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 06/06/08 

THELTON E. HENDERSON, JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Term of Appointment: June 16, 2008 to June 15, 2010

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Mr. Richard Bayquen has over 35 years of experience working in California state

government. He most recently served as chief deputy director of the Department of

Health Services and has also worked in several other departments in the executive branch,

including the Department of Finance and the Department of Corrections (now the

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation). In addition, Mr. Bayquen has served as

chief consultant to the Assembly Budget Committee and as staff director and consultant

to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

Dr. Henry Chambers is a professor of medicine at the University of California, San

Francisco, and chief of the division of infectious diseases at San Francisco General

Hospital. He also serves as the director of the UCSF Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Training Program. His research interests include antimicrobial resistance, tuberculosis,

and staphylococcal infections, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(MRSA).

Ms. Rebecca Craig, a registered nurse, has over 26 years of experience working in

correctional health care. She currently works with the facilities standards and operations

division of the California Corrections Standards Authority and previously served as

director of the Standards and Correctional Health Programs at the California Medical

Association’s Institute for Medical Quality. In addition to her nursing degree, Ms. Craig

has earned a Masters in Public Administration degree with an emphasis in health care

management.

Dr. Joe Goldenson has been the program director and medical director for the San

Francisco Public Health Department’s Jail Health Services since 1993. A member of the

California Medical Association’s Corrections and Detentions Health Care Committee and

a fellow of the Society of Correctional Physicians, he has served as a court-appointed

medical expert in several prison health care cases, including Plata v. Schwarzenegger.

Ms. Kathleen Howard is the former director of the Office of Governmental Affairs of

the California Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and has also served in the

AOC’s legal and finance divisions. She has extensive experience in working with all

three branches of state government, as well as broad experience in legislative, policy, and

budget matters.

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Dr. David Lawrence is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser

Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, the largest managed care

organization in the United States. He has also served in numerous other leadership

capacities at Kaiser; as health officer and director of human services in Multnomah

County, Oregon; and as a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Quality of

Health Care in America. The author of From Chaos to Care: The Promise of TeamBased Medicine, Dr. Lawrence is a well-known advocate for improvements to the system

of delivering health care in the United States.

Mr. Arnold Perkins is the former director of the Alameda County Public Health

Department in Oakland, California. In that position, he led the department through a

major organizational shift that reflects a broad vision of public health with a community

development orientation. He previously held a variety of positions in education and the

non-profit sector and is an experienced speaker and facilitator on several topics, including

creative leadership and organizational change.

Professor Robert Weisberg, an expert and frequent commentator on criminal law and

procedure, is the Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law at Stanford Law School,

where he has taught since 1981. He also serves as faculty director of the Stanford

Criminal Justice Center, which promotes legal and interdisciplinary research on criminal

law and the criminal justice system and organizes policy forums and strategic roundtables

for government officials and nonprofit leaders addressing pragmatic issues of criminal

justice reform.

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