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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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NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY; [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DONALD SPECTER – 083925 

STEVEN FAMA – 099641 

MARGOT MENDELSON – 268583 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: (510) 280-2621 

CLAUDIA CENTER – 158255 

DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION 

AND DEFENSE FUND, INC. 

Ed Roberts Campus 

3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210 

Berkeley, California 94703-2578 

Telephone: (510) 644-2555 

MICHAEL W. BIEN – 096891 

ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 

LISA ELLS – 243657 

JENNY S. YELIN – 273601 

THOMAS NOLAN – 169692 

MICHAEL S. NUNEZ – 280535 

MARC J. SHINN-KRANTZ – 312968 

ALEXANDER GOURSE – 321631 

ADRIENNE PON HARROLD – 326640 

AMY XU – 330707 

ADRIENNE SPIEGEL – 330482 

BENJAMIN W. HOLSTON – 341439 

MAYA E. CAMPBELL – 345180 

LUMA KHABBAZ – 351492 

JARED MILLER – 353641 

ROSEN BIEN 

GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

101 Mission Street, Sixth Floor 

San Francisco, California 94105-1738 

Telephone: (415) 433-6830 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

 Case No. 2:90-CV-00520-KJM-DB 

NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY; 

ORDER

Date: May 10, 2024 

Time: 10:00 AM 

Crtrm.: 3 

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

 

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NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY; ORDER 

At the April 12, 2024 mediation regarding civil contempt, the Court noted its plan to 

issue Writs of Habeas Corpus ad Testificandum to allow lead plaintiff Ralph Coleman, 

CDCR No. C09970, to attend future mediation sessions. See Tr. ECF No. 8203 at 4:24-

5:12. On April 24, 2024, Plaintiffs requested permission to have a second class 

representative, Peter Cockcroft, CDCR No. H86887, attend in addition to Mr. Coleman. See 

ECF No. 8211. On April 25, 2024, the Court issued Writs of Habeas Corpus ad 

Testificandum for Mr. Coleman and Mr. Cockcroft. ECF Nos. 8214, 8215. 

Neither Mr. Coleman nor Mr. Cockcroft are available to attend the mediation session 

on May 10, 2024. Plaintiffs have informed Defendants’ counsel that they are withdrawing 

their requests for both class representatives to attend. 

Plaintiffs hereby withdraw their requests for Mr. Coleman and Mr. Cockcroft to 

attend the May 10, 2024 mediation session and request that the Court excuse them from 

attendance. 

CERTIFICATION 

Plaintiffs’ counsel certifies that he reviewed the following orders and transcript in 

preparing this filing: ECF Nos. 8147, 8178, 8197, 8203, 8214, 8215. 

DATED: May 7, 2024 Respectfully submitted, 

ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

By: /s/ Marc J. Shinn-Krantz 

 Marc J. Shinn-Krantz 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY; ORDER 

ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, Peter Cockcroft and Ralph Coleman are excused 

from the May 10, 2024 mediation session. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 8, 2024. 

 

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