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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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ORDER RE: KVSP SELF CERTIFICATION 

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BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

JAMES M. HUMES

Chief Assistant Attorney General

FRANCES T. GRUNDER

Senior Assistant Attorney General

ROCHELLE C. EAST

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

LISA A. TILLMAN, State Bar No. 126424

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 327-7872

Fax: (916) 324-5205

Attorneys for Defendants 

CF1997CS0003

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 SACRAMENTO DIVISION

RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. CIV S-90-0520 LKK

JFM P

ORDER RE: KERN VALLEY

STATE PRISON, SELF

CERTIFICATION 

On May 1, 2006, this Court ordered Defendants to activate the mental health crisis

beds in the correctional treatment center at Kern Valley State Prison not later than July 1, 2006,

or inform the court in writing by that date why said centers are not fully operational. On June

29, 2006, this Court received Defendants’ ex parte motion stating that the self-certification

necessary to license and so activate the correctional treatment center at Kern Valley State Prison

would not be possible due to certain modifications to the physical plant. The accompanying

declaration of George Sifuentes, Deputy Director of the Office of Facilities Management of the

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), lists two specific

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modifications preventing self-certification, namely the removal of grab bars and the addition of

four holding cells with reduction of hallway width. These modifications depart from state

building code requirements. Notably, grab bars are required by the building code yet may be

used as a means of suicide by mentally ill patients housed in the facility. 

Upon review of Defendants’ submitted motion and the accompanying declaration of

George Sifuentes, this Court hereby orders George Sifuentes, as Deputy Director of the Office of

Facilities Management of the CDCR, to sign the necessary self-certification of the correctional

treatment center at Kern Valley State Prison in the absence of compliance with the state building

code requirements by the two indicated modifications to the physical plant of the correctional

treatment center. 

Dated: June 30, 2006.

 

 Lawrence K. Karlton

 United States District Court Judge

90cv520.selfcert.0630.wpd

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