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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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[PROPOSED ORDER] RE: PLAINTIFFS= REQUEST TO TREAT THE UNREDACTED THOMAS REPORT AS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

UNDER THE COLEMAN AND PLATA PROTECTIVE ORDERS - NOS. CIV S 90-0520 LKK-JFM, C01-1351 TEH 

[218603-2] 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

DONALD SPECTER, Bar No. 83925 

STEVEN FAMA, Bar No. 99641 

E. IVAN TRUJILLO, Bar No. 228790 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

Facsimile: (510) 280-2704 

BINGHAM, McCUTCHEN, LLP 

WARREN E. GEORGE, Bar No. 53588 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 393-2000 

ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 

MICHAEL W. BIEN, Bar No. 96891 

JANE E. KAHN, Bar No. 112239 

AMY WHELAN, Bar No. 215675 

LORI RIFKIN, Bar No. 244081 

SARAH M. LAUBACH, Bar No. 240526 

315 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

HELLER, EHRMAN, WHITE & McAULIFFE 

RICHARD L. GOFF, Bar No. 36377 

701 Fifth Avenue 

Seattle, Washington 98104 

Telephone: (206) 447-0900 

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY B EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

CLAUDIA CENTER, Bar No. 158255 

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120 

San Francisco, CA 94107 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART PRESTON 

GATES ELLIS LLP 

JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN, Bar No. 99358 

55 Second Street, Suite 1700 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3493 

Telephone: (415) 882-8200 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED OF THREE JUDGES 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 2284, TITLE 28 UNITED STATES CODE

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., ) No.: 2: 90cv0520 LKK-JFM P

MARCIANO PLATA ,et al., ) No. C01-1351 TEH 

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ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS= REQUEST TO TREAT THE UNREDACTED THOMAS REPORT AS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION UNDER

THE COLEMAN AND PLATA PROTECTIVE ORDERS - NOS. CIV S 90-0520 LKK-JFM, C01-1351 TEH 

Counsel for plaintiffs, counsel for defendants, and the Office of Inspector 

General (AOIG@) participated in a conference call on June 25, 2008 with the 

undersigned concerning Plaintiffs= Request for Leave to Designate the Unredacted 

Thomas Report as Confidential Information Under the Coleman and Plata Protective 

Orders. Counsel for defendants stated they had no objection to plaintiffs= request 

although they wished to make it clear that they reserved the right to object to the 

admission of the report at trial of this matter. Counsel were assured that the 

admission of evidence at the trial of this matter was not in the job description of the 

undersigned. The Court has considered Plaintiffs= and the OIG=s joint statement on 

this matter, filed June 19, 2008. 

Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

The Office of Inspector General=s unredacted Scott Thomas report shall be 

subject to the Coleman and Plata protective orders, and Plaintiffs may utilize the 

Thomas Report during the pretrial process in the same manner and under the same 

procedures as they do other confidential materials in these cases. 

Dated: June 26, 2008. 

 

/s/John F. MouldsUnited States 

Magistrate Judge 

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