Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 5070

ORDER signed by Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on 2/19/2014 DENYING 5062 Request to Strike the plaintiffs' reply brief; GRANTING the defendants fifteen days to file and serve a response to the plaintiffs' closing brief on plaintiffs' motion concerning housing and treatment of mentally ill inmates. (Michel, G)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 12 13 14 15 No. CIV. S-90-520 LKK/DAD (PC) Plaintiffs, v. ORDER EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants. 16 17 On January 21, 2013, the parties filed post-hearing briefs 18 on plaintiffs’ motion concerning housing and treatment of 19 mentally ill inmates in segregation. 20 February 5, 2014, plaintiffs filed a response to defendants’ 21 post-hearing brief. 22 defendants filed objections and a request to strike that brief. 23 (ECF No. 5062). 24 to defendants’ motion (ECF No. 5063), and the next day defendants 25 filed a reply (ECF No. 5064). 26 (ECF No. 5051.) (ECF Nos. 4985, 4988.) On On February 10, 2014, On the same day, plaintiffs filed an opposition The dispute between the parties arises from a discrepancy 27 between the court’s oral ruling concerning closing briefs at the 28 conclusion of the evidentiary hearing on December 19, 2013 and 1 1 the minutes issued the same day. 2 (RT) (ECF No. 5020) at 3751:22-3752:6 with ECF No. 4972. 3 cause appearing, plaintiffs’ response will be considered and 4 defendants will be granted fifteen days to file a response to 5 plaintiffs’ closing brief.1 Compare Reporter’s Transcript Good 6 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 7 1. Defendants’ February 10, 2014 request to strike 8 plaintiffs’ reply brief (ECF No. 5062) is denied; and 9 2. Defendants are granted fifteen days from the date of 10 this order in which to file and serve a response to 11 plaintiffs’ closing brief on plaintiffs’ motion 12 concerning housing and treatment of mentally ill inmates 13 in segregation. 14 submitted. 15 DATED: Thereafter the matter will stand February 19, 2014. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 26 27 28 The court must note that this dispute, which generated three additional filings by the parties plus an order by the court, could easily have been resolved by a joint request for clarification accompanied by a stipulation of the parties agreeing to a solution and a proposed order thereon. Going forward, the court expects the parties to work together wherever possible to decrease, rather than expand, their areas of disagreement. 2

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