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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 Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS PEREZ, et al.

Plaintiffs,

 v.

JAMES TILTON, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-05241 JSW

ORDER APPOINTING COURT

EXPERTS AS COURT

REPRESENTATIVES

Pursuant to the Court’s Order to Show Cause re Appointment of Court Representative,

and the parties’ consent to have the current Court Experts, Drs. Jay Shulman and Joseph Scalzo,

act as the Court’s Representatives, the Court HEREBY APPOINTS Drs. Shulman and Scalzo to

act as the Court’s Representatives in connection with the coordination of the above captioned

matter with Coleman v. Schwarzenegger, CIV-S-90-0520 LKK (JFM) P (E.D. Cal.) and Plata v.

Schwarzenegger, C-01-1351 TEH (N.D. Cal.).

Accordingly, in addition to the duties set forth in the Court’s May 1, 2006 Order

appointing the Court Experts (Docket No. 36), the duties of the Court Representatives shall be

as follows:

1. To attend the monthly meetings with the Special Master in the Coleman action

and the Receiver in the Plata action for the purpose of working collaboratively

on issues related to the implementation of the Dental Implementation Plan and

the Dental Policies, in this action, and the coordination of the remedies in each of

these actions. As set forth in the January 25, 2007 Coordination Order, the Court

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2. Representatives shall not be required to prepare or file written reports of said 

monthly coordination meetings.

3. To receive and consider in advance of the monthly coordination meetings, the

proposed agenda items submitted by the parties in this action. 

4. To attend the quarterly meetings with this Court, Judge Karlton and Judge

Henderson that shall be held to further facilitate the coordination of the remedial

process in this case and in the Plata and Coleman cases.

5. The Court Representatives shall consult with the parties in preparing the Joint

Status Reports due to this Court and, if necessary, shall include a separate

section outlining their position should their position differ from either of the

parties’ positions on a particular issue.

6. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to alter or amend such other reporting

requirements as may presently exist or be created by subsequent Court order, nor

shall anything in this order be construed to alter or amend such rights of the

parties in this action as have been or may be established by Court orders, the

Local Rules of Court, or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to raise, as

appropriate, objections with the Court to such reports as may be filed the Court

Representatives.

7. The duties set forth herein may be further specified, expanded or modified only

by Order of this Court.

8. In order to effectuate their duties, and with the consent of the parties, the Court

Representatives shall be permitted to communicate with this Court on an ex

parte basis.

9. As was previously set forth in the Court’s May 1, 2006 Order, in fulfilling their

duties under this Order, the Court Representatives shall have access to all parts

of any institution, all relevant documents, all individuals (including interviews

with staff or inmates), dental meetings, dental proceedings, and dental programs

to the extent that such access is reasonably needed to fulfill their obligations.

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The Clerk is directed to add Drs. Shulman and Scalzo to the Service List at the

following addresses:

Joseph D. Scalzo, DDS, CCHP

3785 N. 156th Lane

Goodyear, AZ 85338

Jay Schulman, DMD, MA, MSPH

9647 Hilldale Drive

Dallas, TX 75231

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 8, 2007 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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