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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 DB P 

ORDER

On September 13, 2021, this court issued an order directing defendants to conduct 

“as soon as practicable . . . an assessment of whether there is unmet need for inpatient care, 

including acute care, intermediate care, and mental health crisis bed care, among members of the 

plaintiff class.” September 13, 2021 Order, ECF No. 7305, at 2. The order further provides that 

the assessment is to be conducted “under the guidance and supervision of the Special Master” and 

that the Special Master “shall have final authority over the scope and methodology of the study.” 

Id. at 1-2; see also September 23, 2021 Minute Order, ECF No. 7325 (denying parties’ request for 

agenda item to discuss September 13, 2021 order requiring unmet bed needs assessment and 

requiring that “[d]iscussions concerning scheduling of that study . . . take place under the 

supervision and guidance of the Special Master.”).

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The Special Master has informed the court that planning for the unmet bed needs 

assessment is moving slowly. Consistent with its focus “on bringing this case to a successful 

conclusion as efficiently, cost-effectively and collaboratively as reasonable possible,” August 25, 

2021 Order, ECF No. 7283, at 6, after review of the record, consultation with the Special Master 

and further consideration, the court finds that setting February 9, 2022 as a concrete deadline for 

completion of planning for the unmet bed needs assessment is necessary to ensure timely 

completion of planning. At the status conference set for February 11, 2022, the parties and the 

Special Master shall be prepared to confirm such completion and to discuss a firm deadline by 

which the unmet bed needs assessment itself will be finished. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Planning for the unmet bed needs assessment shall be completed by

February 9, 2022; and

2. At the status conference set for February 11, 2022, the parties and the

Special Master shall confirm completion of planning of the unmet bed needs

assessment and shall be prepared to discuss a firm deadline by which the unmet

bed needs assessment will be finished.

DATED: January 25, 2022. 

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