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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P 

ORDER 

The court held a further telephonic status conference on May 15, 2020 to receive 

further updates on defendants’ response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its 

impact on Coleman class members. At hearing, the court made several rulings, which are 

confirmed in this written order. The court also makes additional orders to provide further 

direction going forward. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. On or before May 27, 2020, the parties shall meet and confer and file a 

stipulated request concerning the filing of the maps and other documents 

submitted in camera on May 15, 2020, specifically, whether some or all of the 

documents should be filed under seal. 

2. The maps and other documents submitted in camera on May 15, 2020, are 

referred to the Special Master’s Workgroup for further refinements, including 

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but not limited to1: (a) addition of explanation(s) when the empty bed count 

plus census of mental health units does not add up to capacity; (b) information 

identifying how many class members at each institution have been referred, but 

not transferred to, a different level of mental health care; (c) where each class 

member is housed who has been referred, but not transferred to, a different 

level of mental health care; (d) information identifying how many class 

members at each institution are receiving mental health care in a temporary 

mental health unit (TMHU), identification of MAX custody TMHUs and nonMAX custody TMHUS, and the census of each TMHU; and (e) addition of 

location and census information for the Correctional Clinical Case 

Management System (CCCMS) segregation units. Any disputes over the 

refinements shall be raised with the court at the status conference set for May 

29, 2020. 

3. Updated maps and accompanying information shall be filed with the court on 

the 15th of every month, beginning on June 15, 2020. 

4. The Workgroup shall work on creating an addition to the maps and other 

documents that shows mental health staffing, including the number of mental 

health positions required for each institution by defendants’ Staffing Plan, ECF 

No. 3693, how many of those positions are actually filled, and whether the 

filled positions are on-site or teleworking. The status of the Workgroup’s 

efforts will be placed on the agenda for the May 29, 2020 status conference, 

for a report on whether the addition can be completed on or before the next 

status conference thereafter set for June 12, 2020, and then filed with the 

updates beginning June 15, 2020, required by this order. 

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 Some of the following refinements may be included in the stipulation and proposed 

order filed May 20, 2020, ECF No. 6679, and others may be suggested by that stipulation. The 

court has not completed its review of that stipulation. To the extent the parties jointly agree that 

one or more refinements required by this order are covered by the stipulation, they may include 

their agreement in a joint statement filed before the May 29, 2020 status conference. 

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5. Further status conferences for COVID-19 updates as relevant to this case are 

set for now as follows: 

a. Friday, May 29, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.; 

b. Friday, June 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.; and 

c. Friday, June 26, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. 

SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 21, 2020. 

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