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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs, No. CIV S-90-0520 LKK JFM P

vs.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

et al., IN RE: CONTEMPT

Defendants.

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By order filed May 25, 2006, the Special Master was directed to report to the court within

seven days on the status and sufficiency of defendants’ budget requests for staffing augmentation

necessary to implement the court-approved provisions of the January 2006 Revised Program

Guide. Thereafter, the Special Master informed the court that defendants were asserting the

deliberative process privilege for budget change proposals relevant to preparation of said report

and that they sought to submit the documents under seal. By order filed May 30, 2006, the court

set a schedule for defendants to formally raise the privilege and plaintiffs to respond thereto. 

The deadline for submission of the Special Master’s report was vacated, to be reset by

subsequent court order.

The parties timely complied with the schedule set forth in the May 30, 2006 order. By

order filed June 12, 2006, the court determined the material at issue was not privileged and

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 On June 14, 2006, defendants filed in this court a notice of appeal from the June 12,

2006 and June 14, 2006 orders. There is no evidence they have obtained a stay of either order.

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directed it be forwarded to the Special Master and counsel for the plaintiffs not later than close

of business on June 14, 2006. The deadline for the filing of the Special Master’s report was reset

to June 21, 2006.

On June 14, 2006, defendants made an oral motion for a stay of the June 12, 2006 order. 

After a telephonic hearing, the court denied the motion for stay and directed defendants to

produce the required material to the Special Master under seal not later than close of business on

June 14, 2006. In the same order, the court directed that the Special Master to file his report

under seal on June 21, 2006. Finally, the order provided that, absent a stay of the June 12, 2006

order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the court would, by June 21,

2006, order the material and the Special Master’s report produced to plaintiffs.

The deadline for submission of the material under seal to the Special Master has passed

and defendants have not complied with the court’s order.1

 Good cause appearing, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED that on June 27, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. 4, James A. Tilton,

Acting Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall show

cause in person why he should not be held in contempt of court. 

DATED: June 15, 2006. 

 

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON

SENIOR JUDGE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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