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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. CIV. S-90-520 LKK/DAD (PC) 

ORDER 

Pursuant to court order (ECF No. 4992), this matter came on 

for status conference on January 30, 2014 to address preliminary 

matters arising from the death of a member of the plaintiff class 

on September 7, 2013. Michael W. Bien, Esq. and Jeffrey L. 

Bornstein, Esq. appeared as counsel for plaintiffs. Patrick R. 

McKinney and Jay C. Russell, Supervising Deputy Attorneys 

General, and Debbie Vorous, Deputy Attorney General, appeared as 

counsel for defendants. After review of the papers filed in 

connection with the status conference, consideration of the 

arguments of counsel, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED that: 

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1. Discovery is opened for a period of thirty days from the 

date this order is entered on the docket. Subject to the 

following provisions of this order, discovery is opened 

as to the factual circumstances of the class member’s 

death insofar as those factual circumstances may pertain 

to issues raised by plaintiffs’ motion concerning use of 

force, and as to whether relevant information concerning 

this death was withheld from plaintiffs or the court 

during the course of the evidentiary hearing which 

commenced on October 1, 2013. The parties shall 

forthwith meet and confer to determine whether they can 

agree on a joint statement of facts concerning one or 

both of the foregoing issues. If so, discovery shall be 

limited to those issues on which there are disputes that 

go to issues relevant to matters pending before this 

court. Said determination shall be made not later than 

three days from the date of this order. 

2. Within three days from the date of this order, the 

parties shall meet and confer and file with the 

magistrate judge a joint statement concerning discovery 

which shall include (1) a description of the issue(s) 

that require discovery; (2) what discovery is proposed; 

and (3) any disputes over such discovery that the parties 

may anticipate as a result of the meet and confer 

process. 

3. This matter is set for further status conference on 

Monday, March 10, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. The parties shall 

file status conference statements not later than 4:30 

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p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Said status conference 

statements shall include, as appropriate, any joint 

statement of facts the parties may have agreed on. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: January 30, 2014. 

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