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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 on Defendants’ Plan to Review the EOP Population

(2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC))

XAVIER BECERRA

Attorney General of California 

WILLIAM C. KWONG

Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General 

DANIELLE F. O’BANNON

JAY C. RUSSELL

Supervising Deputy Attorneys General 

ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931 

CHRISTINE M. CICCOTTI, State Bar No. 238695 

CHAD A. STEGEMAN, State Bar No. 225745 

TYLER V. HEATH, State Bar No. 271478 

Deputy Attorneys General 

1300 I Street, Suite 125 

P.O. Box 944255 

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550 

Telephone: (916) 210-7318 

Fax: (916) 324-5205 

E-mail: Elise.Thorn@doj.ca.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al., 

Defendants.

2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC) 

STIPULATION AND ORDER ON 

DEFENDANTS’ PLAN TO REVIEW THE 

ENHANCED OUTPATIENT PROGRAM 

POPULATION 

On February 6, 2017, the Coleman Special Master submitted his report on Defendants’ 

2017 Staffing Plan (2017 Staffing Plan). (ECF No. 5564 at 38-71.) In his report, the Special 

Master recommended that the Court reject Defendants’ utilization-management plan to review its 

Enhanced Outpatient Program (EOP) inmates for appropriateness to continue in that level of care 

“[u]ntil such time as more information has been provided and the parties have had the opportunity 

to thoroughly vet the memo . . . to fully explore all options to ensure that all EOP inmates are 

being treated at the appropriate level of care.” (ECF No. 5564 at 22.) 

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CDCR provided the Special Master and Plaintiffs’ counsel a revised version of the 

Enhanced Outpatient Review memorandum (Memorandum) on March 29, 2017. (ECF 5591 at 8.) 

On April 21, 2017, Plaintiffs provided written comments to Defendants on the revised 

Memorandum. On April 26, 2017, the parties met and conferred under the supervision of the 

Special Master to refine the parameters of the review, including further revisions to the 

Memorandum. On May 26, 2017, Defendants provided the Special Master and Plaintiffs with 

further revisions to the Memorandum along with a form to guide clinicians in their reviews and 

data collection. Plaintiffs provided feedback to Defendants and discussed the revised 

Memorandum at an All Parties meeting on June 6, 2017. On June 12, 2017, Defendants provided 

the Special Master and Plaintiffs a final revised draft of the Memorandum that incorporated the 

Special Master and Plaintiffs’ input, which was then finalized for distribution to all CDCR 

institutions on June 26, 2017. Exhibit A is a copy of the final distributed Memorandum. 

CDCR implemented the EOP review on July 6, 2017, beginning at Mule Creek State 

Prison. The Special Master’s team monitored the review process and Plaintiffs’ counsel observed 

the process. The process included orientation and training for local clinical supervisors and staff 

clinicians in the use of a case-review tool. Staff then utilized the tool to review each patient at the 

Interdisciplinary Treatment Team meetings. CDCR completed its reviews at Mule Creek State 

Prison on July 27, 2017. Following this pilot, Defendants revised the data-collection form to 

improve it for future use. 

Now that Defendants have refined and implemented a pilot run of the review process, the 

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

1. The Defendants developed a supplemental utilization-management plan for EOP inmates 

that addressed the Special Master’s concerns as articulated in his Staffing Report, and the parties 

are informed and believe that the Special Master no longer recommends that the Court reject 

Defendants’ proposed EOP review. 

2. Based on the above-described process, CDCR shall proceed to implement its EOP 

review under the June 26, 2017 Enhanced Outpatient Program Review Memorandum. 

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3. The parties will continue to meet and confer on the review process under the supervision 

of the Special Master, including developing a schedule to complete the EOP reviews. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: August 22, 2017 XAVIER BECERRA

Attorney General of California 

DANIELLE F. O'BANNON

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Christine M. Ciccotti 

CHRISTINE M. CICCOTTI

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants 

/s/ Lisa Ells________ 

LISA ELLS 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

ORDER 

While noting that the court has yet to issue its order on the Special Master's Report on the 

2017 Staffing Plan, the court finds the stipulation memorializing the results of the parties’ efforts 

addressing one aspect of that report appropriate to approve at this time. As provided by the 

stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 23, 2017. 

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