Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 5361

ORDER signed by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 9/23/15: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the 5325 Special Master's Expert's Report on Suicides Completed in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation July 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012 is ADOPTED IN FULL. (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 17, 2015, the Special Master filed a report on his expert’s report on suicides

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completed in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) between July

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1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, ECF No. 5324, accompanied by the expert’s report, ECF No.

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5325. The Special Master requests that the court adopt in full his expert’s report. Neither party

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has filed any objection to the expert’s report or the Special Master’s request that it be adopted in

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full. That will be the order of the court.

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The court notes that the references to training in the report before the court are based on

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events that predate defendants’ current suicide prevention training obligations for both clinical

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and custody staff. In January 2015, the Special Master reported to the court on his expert’s audit

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of suicide prevention practices in CDCR prisons. ECF Nos. 5258, 5259. That report contained

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findings concerning training of both clinical and correctional staff and recommendations to

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correct inadequacies in that training. See ECF No. 5259 at 5-9. Under this court’s February 3,
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2015 order, ECF No. 5271, defendants are required to adopt those recommendations and work

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with the Special Master in the Suicide Prevention Management Workgroup to implement them.

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In addition, based on information provided by the Special Master, the court anticipates

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that his expert’s reports on completed CDCR suicides in 2013 will be filed with the court by the

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end of January 2016, and the report for 2014 will be filed with the court by the end of March

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2016.

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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

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the Special Master’s Expert’s Report on Suicides Completed In the California Department of

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Corrections and Rehabilitation July 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012, ECF No. 5325, is adopted in

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full.

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DATED: September 23, 2015.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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