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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM KJN P 

ORDER 

The court convened a videoconference hearing in this matter on January 29, 2021 

at 10:00 a.m. See ECF No. 7043. Good cause appearing, the court now confirms the agenda for 

the next videoconference hearing and the date for that hearing. The matter is set for further 

videoconference on March 25, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. The videoconference will be focused on the 

matters discussed below. 

I. CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOL (CQIT) 

As required by the court’s December 17, 2020 order, ECF No. 6996, the court 

expects defendants will file on or about March 17, 2021 an updated list of key indicators for 

CQIT. See December 17, 2020 Order, ECF No. 6996, at 11. The parties shall be prepared to 

address whether the list filed by defendants may be confirmed by the court as a comprehensive 

list of the material provisions of the Program Guide and the Compendium of Custody Related 

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Remedial Measures (hereafter Compendium). See id. at 6-8. In addition, the court will address 

with the Special Master whether he intends to file additional findings and recommendations 

concerning compliance rates for key indicators, see id. at 11, and, if he does, set a schedule for 

that filing. Finally, the parties and the Special Master shall be prepared to address next steps in 

the roll-out of CQIT following confirmation of the comprehensive list of material key indicators. 

II. RETURN TO PROGRAM GUIDE COMPLIANCE 

By the time of the March 25, 2021 hearing, more than one year will have passed 

since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Defendants shall be prepared to address their 

forecast for return to full Program Guide compliance, taking into account current vaccination and 

public health information. Secretary Allison shall be prepared to address the role of public health 

benchmarks in guiding defendants’ return to Program Guide Compliance. Unless authority to 

speak for the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) is fully delegated to Secretary Allison for this 

purpose, the DSH Director shall also be prepared to address the role of public health benchmarks 

in guiding return to full admissions to the DSH Coleman programs. In addition, not later than 

seven days before hearing defendants shall identify in a filing with the court the person or persons 

most knowledgeable of the steps required to forecast, plan for, and implement the return to full 

Program Guide Compliance, and shall take all steps necessary to ensure the attendance of the 

person or persons at the videoconference set for March 25, 2021. 

III. RETURN TO ON-SITE COMPLIANCE MONITORING 

The Special Master shall be prepared to address his schedule and planning for a 

return to on-site monitoring as well as commencement of the unmet bed needs study the court is 

prepared to order. 

IV. STAFFING 

The DSH defendants and the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation (CDCR) are under long-standing orders to develop staffing plans for mental health 

inpatient programs provided to class members. See, e.g., March 8, 2017 Order, ECF No. 5573, at 

3. The DSH defendants shall file their proposed inpatient staffing plan not later than March 11, 

2021, and the CDCR defendants shall file their proposed inpatient staffing plan not later than 

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March 22, 2021. Secretary Allison and Director Clendenin or their designees shall be prepared at 

the March 25 hearing to address the steps necessary for full implementation of their respective 

staffing plans. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 18, 2021. 

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