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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 On April 12, 2023, the court adopted as final the California Department of Corrections 

18 and Rehabilitation [CDCR] Provisionally Approved Telepsychiatry Policy. ECF No. 6539 at 5-

19 12. April 12, 2023 Order, ECF No. 7807, at 11. In so doing, the court declined to consider

20 defendants’ proposed Revised Telepsychiatry Policy on the ground defendants had neither filed a

21 motion to modify two court orders that contain “‘mandatory’ limitations on defendants’ use of

22 telepsychiatry” nor had they sought to reset a previously vacated evidentiary hearing on the use of

23 telepsychiatry. Id. at 8 (quoting Coleman v. Newsom, 789 Fed. App’x 38, 39 (9th Cir. 2019).

24 The court left open the possibility defendants could seek relief from those orders under Federal

25 Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), and it retained in the record the Special Master’s December 15,

26 2022 findings on defendants’ proposed Revised Telepsychiatry Policy and the parties’ responses

27 to those findings. Id. at 10, 11. Defendants have appealed the April 12, 2023 order; their appeal

28 currently is pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Coleman v.

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

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

ORDER 

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Newsom, # 23-25755. Defendants have not sought further relief from this court. Cf. ECF 

No. 7807 at 10. 

The Special Master has informed the court that on or about July 21, 2023 defendants 

circulated to him and to plaintiffs’ counsel a draft Telemental Health Services Policy. He also has 

provided a copy to the court, which the court has not yet reviewed. Good cause appearing, IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty days from the date of this order the parties shall meet and

confer under the supervision of the Special Master concerning defendants’ draft Telemental 

Health Services Policy circulated to the Special Master and to plaintiffs’ counsel and, also within 

that time, the parties shall file a joint report to the court on the outcome of the meet and confer. 

SO ORDERED. 

11 DATED: August 3, 2023. 

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