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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 

ROBERT HECKER, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:05-cv-2441 KJM DAD P 

ORDER 

 This matter came on for hearing on December 8, 2014 on the joint motion of the 

parties for final approval of the settlement agreement reached in this matter. Following the 

hearing, by order filed December 22, 2014 the court directed the parties to, inter alia, on or before 

January 15, 2015, show cause in writing why the notice to the Hecker class should not be posted 

forthwith in all inpatient program units in which members of the Coleman class are housed or, in 

the alternative, certify by declaration that such notice has been posted. ECF No. 137 at 3. 

 On January 15, 2015, defendants filed a declaration of counsel in response to the 

order to show cause. Decl. of Russell, ECF No. 140. Therein, counsel avers that “the parties 

believe that a modified version of the preliminary notice should be posted” in the inpatient mental 

health housing units. ECF No. 140 ¶ 2. In relevant part, the modified notice omits reference to 

the fairness hearing, which has already been held, and sets a thirty day comment period, to run 

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from the date the modified notices are posted. ECF No. 140 Attachment A. Counsel represents 

that the modified notice can be posted within five business days of issuance of an order by this 

court to do so. ECF No. 140 ¶ 4. 

 Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The modified notice attached as Attachment A to the Declaration of Jay C. 

Russell (ECF No. 140) is approved; and 

 2. Not later than January 22, 2015, defendants shall post the modified notice 

approved by this order in all inpatient mental health units operated by the California Department 

of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) in which 

class members may be housed and shall file written certification that said notice has been posted. 

DATED: January 16, 2015. 

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