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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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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR JOINT MOTION AND STIP. PER ECF NO. 8181 

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 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME FOR JOINT 

MOTION AND STIPULATION PER 

ECF NO. 8181

Judge: Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller 

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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR JOINT MOTION AND STIP. PER ECF NO. 8181 

On April 2, 2024, the Court ordered the parties to file a joint motion to clarify the 

Court’s February 7, 2022, ECF No. 7456, as to “defendants’ obligation to inform the court 

to the extent [the new RHU] regulations may replace certain chapters of the Program 

Guide, a primary remedial plan in this action,” accompanied by a stipulation regarding the 

substantive portions of the RHU regulations and a recitation of the Special Master’s 

position. ECF No. 8181 at 6. 

While the parties have identified significant areas of agreement in the negotiations 

to date, they have not exhausted their meet and confer process regarding the substantive 

provisions of Defendants’ new RHU initiative, which includes the RHU regulations and a 

RHU mental health policy. The parties wish to continue meeting and conferring to see 

whether they can come to agreement about the few remaining areas of dispute regarding 

the RHU initiative, which remain pending after their prior negotiations, and to discuss their 

respective positions regarding the impact of the February 7, 2022 Order on Defendants’ 

obligations to move forward with the regulations and policy. 

Unfortunately, the parties will not be able to complete this meet and confer process 

in time to present the joint motion by April 15, 2024, as ordered. ECF No. 8181 at 7. The 

three members of Plaintiffs’ team who are responsible for the joint motion are each on preplanned vacations for part or all of the week of April 8-12, 2024, and the member of 

Plaintiffs’ team who has led the months-long negotiations regarding the RHU initiative is 

also unavailable that week due to an Armstrong v. Newsom monitoring tour. While 

Plaintiffs proposed meeting on April 3, 4, or 5, defense counsel were not available on those 

dates. 

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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR JOINT MOTION AND STIP. PER ECF NO. 8181 

The parties therefore respectfully request a ten-day extension of time until April 25, 

2024 to complete the negotiations, and to prepare and file the joint motion and stipulation. 

The parties recognize and appreciate the Court’s goal of resolving the joint motion “before 

the end of April 2024,” ECF No. 8181 at 6, but believe they can narrow the dispute and 

present a more cogent motion if they can first exhaust the meet and confer process. 

DATED: April 5, 2024 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 

By: /s/ Jenny S. Yelin 

 Jenny S. Yelin 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: April 5, 2024 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP 

By: /s/ Paul Mello 

 Paul Mello 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

DATED: April 5, 2024 ROB BONTA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF 

CALIFORNIA 

By: /s/ Elise Thorn 

 Elise Thorn 

 Attorneys for Defendants 

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STIP. AND ORDER EXTENDING TIME FOR JOINT MOTION AND STIP. PER ECF NO. 8181 

ORDER 

The parties are granted an extension to April 25, 2024 to file the joint motion and 

stipulation that is required by the Court’s April 2, 2024 Order, ECF No. 8181. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: April 11, 2024. 

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