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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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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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17 As the court directed in its April 12, 2024 Minute Order, ECF No. 8197, the parties have 

18 filed a joint proposal to defer certain topics included on the agenda for the upcoming status 

19 conference on April 26, 2024 to a future status conference to be held not later than thirty days 

20 after the court terminates its referral of certain issues to the Ninth Circuit Mediator, whenever that 

21 occurs. ECF No. 8200. Good cause appearing, the court will approve the parties’ proposal as to 

22 these two items. The agenda for the April 26, 2024 status conference is confirmed as set out 

23 below, along with a directive to the parties to file statements clarifying possible implications of 

24 the court’s approving their proposal. 

25 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

26 1. Discussion of defendants’ Least Restrictive Housing policy and other steps to 

27 enhance class members’ access to the Department of State Hospitals is dropped from 

28 the agenda for the April 26, 2024 status conference; 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

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

ORDER 

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1 2. Discussion of defendants’ compliance with staffing requirements in the California 

2 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Psychiatric Inpatient Programs is 

3 dropped from the agenda for the April 26, 2024 status conference; 

4 3. The topics in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this order will be revisited at a status conference 

5 that will occur within thirty days of the court’s termination of its referral of certain 

6 issues to the Ninth Circuit Mediator or as soon thereafter as permitted by the court’s 

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8 4. The agenda for the April 26, 2024 status conference is confirmed as follows: 

9 a. Development of programs for class members with personality disorders; 

10 b. Defendants’ compliance with court-ordered suicide prevention measures; 

11 c. Oral report from the Special Master on the status of remediation of forty-one 

12 indicators, see April 2, 2024 Order, ECF No. 8181, at 4; 

13 5. David Sapp, Legal Affairs Secretary for defendant Governor Gavin Newsom, shall 

14 attend the April 26, 2024 status conference in person and his request to be excused 

15 from that status conference is denied, for reasons the court will explain at the status 

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17 6. Within fourteen days from the date of this order, the parties shall each file a brief 

18 statement of their respective positions regarding whether the court should defer ruling 

19 on some or all of the findings and some or all of the recommendations in the Special 

20 Master’s Thirtieth Round Monitoring Report – Part B, ECF No. 8085, in light of the 

21 proposal the court has approved in this order. 

22 DATED: April 17, 2024. 

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