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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al.,

Defendants. 

No. CIV. S-90-520 LKK/DAD (PC) 

ORDER 

Plaintiffs have filed a motion for an order governing the 

handling of video exhibits offered into evidence at the 

evidentiary hearing in this matter which commenced on October 1, 

2013 (ECF No. 4877). After consideration of the arguments of 

counsel and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiffs’ October 20, 2013 motion (ECF No. 4877) is 

granted in part. 

2. As soon as practicable defendants shall lodge with the 

court and serve on plaintiffs’ counsel redacted copies of the six 

videos received into evidence as Plaintiffs’ Exhibits 3, 5, 11, 

9, 13 and 19. Plaintiffs shall bear the cost of the copies 

provided to them. The copies provided to plaintiffs’ counsel 

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shall be for use in this litigation only and shall not be shared 

with any member of the plaintiff class. Plaintiffs shall 

maintain all copies of the redacted videos in their possession 

pursuant to the terms of the Modified Protective Order filed in 

this action on January 12, 2007 and paragraph 2(a) of this 

court’s September 26, 2013 order (ECF No. 4833) and shall return 

all copies to defendants at the conclusion of any appellate 

proceedings that may follow this court’s resolution of the use of 

force issues raised by the motion at bar. 

3. Defendants shall forthwith lodge under seal unredacted 

copies of the same videos. Plaintiffs’ motion for copies of the 

unredacted videos is denied. 

4. The unredacted videos shall be maintained under seal 

until further order of the court. 

5. Nothing in paragraph 2(a) of this court’s September 26, 

2013 order (ECF No. 4833) shall preclude the Clerk of the Court 

from permitting review and/or copying of redacted videos in a 

manner consistent with Clerk’s office policy for access to and 

copying of matters in the public record. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: October 22, 2013. 

 

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