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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. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DAD P 

ORDER 

On September 29, 2015, the Special Master submitted finalized templates as required by 

paragraph 4 of the court’s August 21, 2015 order, ECF No. 5343. See ECF No. 5363. The 

Special Master represents that the templates have been agreed to by the parties. 

The purpose of the templates is to capture data concerning patient census and waitlists for 

inpatient mental health care. Under the terms of the August 21, 2015 order, a class member is 

deemed to be on a waitlist from the date the completed referral packet is received by the 

Department of State Hospitals (DSH) from the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation (CDCR). ECF No. 5343 at 2 & n.1. That definition is expressly used in the 

template found at Exhibit C to the Special Master’s submission of finalized templates. ECF No. 

5363 at Ex. C. The templates attached as Exhibit B to the Special Master’s submission provide 

information about inmates on both a “Pending List” and a “Wait List.” ECF No. 5363 at Ex. B. 

The pending lists consist of “ALL inmate-patients waiting for an ICF or APP bed, including those 

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still within the Mental Health Program Guide transfer timelines” and “[i]nmate-patients are 

placed on the Pending List as soon as the referral is sent to the inpatient program.” Id. (emphasis 

in original). For the Exhibit B templates, “Wait List” is defined to include “inmate-patients that 

have been on the Pending List for more than 30 days for an ICF bed, or more than 10 days for an 

APP bed.” The Special Master has confirmed that despite the semantic differences in definition 

the start date for placement on a “Pending List” is the same as the start date for placement on a 

waitlist as defined by the court’s August 21, 2015 order. With that clarification, the templates 

will be approved. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the finalized templates filed 

September 29, 2015, ECF No. 5363, are approved. In accordance with paragraph 4 of this court’s 

August 21, 2015 order, ECF No. 5343, the first set of completed templates shall be filed with the 

monthly report to be filed in October 2015. 

DATED: October 13, 2015. 

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