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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD L. KEMPER and

CONNIE J. ARNOLD, for

themselves and all others 

similarly situated,

NO. CIV. S-06-295 LKK/EFB

Plaintiffs,

v. O R D E R

CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST,

Defendant.

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On April 22, 2009, this court approved a class settlement and

consent decree, which set forth an incremental process for

instituting injunctive relief at defendant Catholic Healthcare West

facilities. This process requires parties to submit facilityspecific consent decrees as to the detailed injunctive relief

necessary for each facility. The consent decree was approved by the

court following the notice described in parties’ joint motion for

order providing limited notice of injunctive relief, Doc. No. 52.

Specifically, class counsel provided written notice of the

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settlement to certain disability rights organizations and defendant

Catholic Healthcare West provided notice on its website along with

a link to the consent decree and at each affected facility. 

On March 16, 2010, parties filed two of these facility consent

decrees, Doc. Nos. 81, 82. The parties initially set these consent

decrees to be heard on May 10, 2010, but subsequently called

chambers to postpone the hearings until June. These facility

consent decrees, however, do not describe the provision of any

notice to the class. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

23(e)(1), “[t]he court must direct notice in a reasonable manner

to all class members who would be bound by” a settlement, voluntary

dismissal, or compromise. 

For the foregoing reasons, the court ORDERS that the parties

file a motion for court approval of the provision of notice. The

parties may follow the mechanism of notice utilized in the court

approved consent decree. Nonetheless, the court will decide whether

the draft notice(s) of the consent decree for these audiences shall

be approved. 

The court further ORDERS that all hearing dates set for these

consent decrees are VACATED. Upon the court’s order on the parties’

motion for court approval of the provision of notice, a hearing

date will be set for the consent decrees.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 23, 2010.

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