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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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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST TO 

FILE UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 141 

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 

STEVEN FAMA – 099641 

MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

CLAUDIA CENTER – 158255 

DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION 

AND DEFENSE FUND, INC. 

Ed Roberts Campus 

3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210 

Berkeley, California 94703-2578 

Telephone: (510) 644-2555 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 

LISA ELLS – 243657 

JENNY S. YELIN – 273601 

THOMAS NOLAN – 169692 

MICHAEL S. NUNEZ – 280535 

MARC J. SHINN-KRANTZ – 312968 

ALEXANDER GOURSE – 321631 

ADRIENNE PON HARROLD – 326640 

AMY XU – 330707 

ADRIENNE SPIEGEL – 330482 

BENJAMIN W. HOLSTON – 341439 

MAYA E. CAMPBELL – 345180 

LUMA KHABBAZ – 351492 

JARED MILLER – 353641 

ROSEN BIEN 

GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-1738 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:90-CV-00520-KJM-DB 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ 

REQUEST TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 141

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST TO 

FILE UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 141 

ORDER 

On May 17, 2024, Plaintiffs submitted to the Court by electronic mail a Request to 

File Under Seal (“Request”) a document entitled “Under Seal Declaration of Michael S. 

Nunez in Support of Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Objections to Special Master’s 

Sixth Re-Audit Report” (hereinafter “Under Seal Declaration”). The Under Seal 

Declaration includes the names and CDCR numbers of eight individuals who committed 

suicide in 2023, as well as the dates of their deaths and the institutions where they died. 

The exhibits to the Under Seal Declaration are the eight Final Suicide Reports and eight 

Final Quality Improvement Plan (“QIP”) Reports for these individuals. 

The Request, which attached the Under Seal Declaration and its exhibits, and the 

instant Order were provided to the Court by electronic mail and provided to counsel for 

Defendants in this action by electronic mail on May 17, 2024, pursuant to Local Rule 141. 

The Court, having reviewed Plaintiffs’ Request and good cause appearing therefore, 

hereby grants Plaintiffs’ Request to Seal Documents. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 24, 2024. 

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