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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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 Stipulation and Order Regarding First Watch Security/Welfare Checks at Pelican Bay SHU 

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 

STEVEN FAMA – 099641 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

JANE E. KAHN – 112239 

ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 

THOMAS NOLAN – 169692 

LISA ELLS – 243657 

AARON J. FISCHER – 247391 

MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583 

KRISTA STONE-MANISTA – 269083 

ROSEN BIEN 

GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

50 Fremont Street, 19th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-2235 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 

RANJINI ACHARYA – 290877 

K&L GATES LLP 

4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200 

San Francisco, California 94111-5994 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

CLAUDIA CENTER – 158255 

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 

FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, INC. 

39 Drumm Street 

San Francisco, California 94111-4805 

Telephone: (415) 621-2493 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al., 

Defendants. 

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

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING FEBRUARY 3, 2015 

ORDER REGARDING FIRST WATCH 

SECURITY/WELFARE CHECKS AT 

PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON 

SECURITY HOUSING UNIT 

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

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Stipulation and Order Regarding First Watch Security/Welfare Checks at Pelican Bay SHU 

The parties, with the concurrence of the Special Master, stipulate as follows: 

Because of the unique design of the Pelican Bay State Prison Security Housing Unit 

(SHU), Security/Welfare Checks utilizing Guard One shall temporarily be conducted only 

once per hour during First Watch (2200 hours to 0600 hours) while Defendants work to 

assess and possibly reduce the noise caused by the opening and closing of the Unit’s pod 

doors. Defendants since early August 2015 have been conducting twice-hourly 

Security/Welfare Checks at the Pelican Bay SHU, including during First Watch, in 

compliance with the Court’s February 3, 2015 Order (Docket # 5271). Plaintiffs have 

requested this temporary change in the frequency of First Watch Security/Welfare Checks 

at the Pelican Bay SHU. 

Defendants anticipate that contract work to assess pod-door noise will commence 

during the last week of January 2016. Defendants shall report to the Special Master and 

Plaintiffs immediately if there is any change to that schedule. 

No later than April 1, 2016, Defendants shall report to the Special Master and 

Plaintiffs regarding the status of the contract work, including any changes made to the pod 

doors, any determinations Defendants have made regarding the pod doors, and any timeframes for further work regarding those doors. 

The parties shall thereafter confer with the Special Master regarding this matter, and 

if necessary conduct a site visit to the Pelican Bay SHU to assess any changes relating to 

pod-door noise. This Stipulation will expire on May 1, 2015, but may be continued by 

further Stipulation and concurrence of the Special Master. 

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Stipulation and Order Regarding First Watch Security/Welfare Checks at Pelican Bay SHU 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: December 24, 2015 /s/ Steven Fama

 Steven Fama 

 Prison Law Office 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: December 24, 2015 KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California 

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Maneesh Sharma

 Maneesh Sharma 

 Deputy Attorney General 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

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ORDER 

 In approving the parties’ stipulation, the court clarifies that the stipulation will 

expire on May 1, 2016, unless the court orders otherwise before that date. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December 28, 2015. 

 

 

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