Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 5274

ORDER signed by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 2/9/15 re: 5174 . IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Special Master shall continue monitoring the progress of the San Quentin Psychiatric Inpatient Program as part of his ongoing monitoring of the other pr ograms that provide mental health inpatient treatment to class members and shall provide an updated report on the San Quentin Psychiatric Inpatient Program as part of his findings at all other inpatient mental health programs. The updated report shall either be included in the Special Master's Twenty-Sixth Round Monitoring Report or in a companion report to be filed therewith. (Meuleman, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.

No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DAD P

ORDER

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al.,
Defendants.

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On June 30, 2014, the court issued an order concerning the San Quentin

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Psychiatric Inpatient Program (SQ PIP), then being developed by defendants, ECF No. 5174.

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The order directed defendants to provide monthly status reports on the SQ PIP to the Special

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Master until the start of its activation, and directed the Special Master to report to the court on

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patient admissions, treatment, and any other issues with the SQ PIP not later than ninety days

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after its full activation. Order filed June 30, 2014 at 2, ECF No. 5174. The Special Master filed

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the required report on December 30, 2014, ECF No. 5257. The ten day period for objecting to the

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report has expired. See Order of Reference at 8, ECF No. 640; Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a). Neither party

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has filed objections to the report or the recommendation contained therein.

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The court is encouraged by the Special Master’s report. The court agrees with the

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Special Master that overall the direction of the SQ PIP is positive, and that “it is now time for the

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SQ PIP to operate and mature as a program, and for a shift away from the Special Master’s
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frequent presence at the SQ PIP over the past year and toward monitoring of the program within

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the course of his monitoring of the other mental health inpatient programs which treat CDCR

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inmates.” ECF No. 5257 at 41.

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Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Special

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Master shall continue monitoring the progress of the San Quentin Psychiatric Inpatient Program

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as part of his ongoing monitoring of the other programs that provide mental health inpatient

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treatment to class members and shall provide an updated report on the San Quentin Psychiatric

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Inpatient Program as part of his findings at all other inpatient mental health programs. The

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updated report shall either be included in the Special Master’s Twenty-Sixth Round Monitoring

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Report or in a companion report to be filed therewith.

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DATED: February 9, 2015.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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