Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al
Filing
5886
STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 8/21/18 ORDERING that based on the parties' stipulation, the Court's Order 5786 and Stipulation and Order 5803 are amended to allow Defendants to file CDCR's psychiatry staffing vacancy report identifying the psychiatrist vacancy rates at each CDCR institution and in the aggregate systemwide by the last court day of each month. (Kastilahn, A)
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XAVIER BECERRA
Attorney General of California
MONICA N. ANDERSON
Senior Assistant Attorney General
JAY C. RUSSELL
DAMON G. MCCLAIN
Supervising Deputy Attorneys General
ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931
ANDREW M. GIBSON, State Bar No. 244330
TYLER V. HEATH, State Bar No. 271478
Deputy Attorney General
1300 I Street, Suite 125
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Telephone: (916) 210-7325
Fax: (916) 324-5205
E-mail: Tyler.Heath@doj.ca.gov
Attorneys for Defendants
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SACRAMENTO DIVISION
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RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,
2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC)
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Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND ORDER
AMENDING THE DATE FOR
DEFENDANTS TO FILE CDCR’S
PSYCHIATRIST VACANCY REPORT
v.
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EDMUND G. BROWN JR., et al.,
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Defendants.
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Judge: The Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller
The parties, through their counsel of record, stipulate to the following:
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On February 14, 2018, the Court ordered Defendants to file on the 15th of every
month, beginning on March 15, 2018, “reports identifying the psychiatrist vacancy rates at each
CDCR institution and in the aggregate systemwide” (“Report”). (ECF No. 5786 at 4.) The
Reports must include the “data for psychiatrist vacancies contained in the report titled
Correctional Health Care Services Mental Health Institution Vacancies: Summary by Institution
by Classification.” (Id.) Each Report must contain the “data for the preceding month.” (Id.)
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At the time of the Court’s order, Defendants informed the Special Master and
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Plaintiffs that they would be unable to provide a Report with all of the information required by
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the Court by the 15th of the month. Specifically, because psychiatry positions are filled by both
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civil service and registry psychiatrists, verified registry data is not available to CDCR until a few
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weeks after the close of the month, and therefore not reportable by the 15th of each month.1
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Defendants met with the Special Master and Plaintiffs twice to discuss a potential
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stipulation to amend the filing date for the Report. Defendants initially requested a stipulation to
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move the filing deadline to the last court day of the month to allow them to file the Report based
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on verified registry data. Defendants also informed the Special Master and Plaintiffs that to meet
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the Court’s 15th filing deadline, CDCR would have to collect and rely on non-validated registry
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data.
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On March 14, 2018, the parties filed a stipulation to move the date for the February
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2018 Report to the last court day of March 2018. The stipulation also informed the Court that
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future Reports would be filed by the 15th to meet the Court’s Order, but, by necessity, the
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Reports would rely on non-validated registry data. (ECF No. 5803 at 2.)
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On June 15, 2018, Defendants filed an amended Report for April 2018 because “the
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verified data for April, which only became available after May 15, showed that the number of
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positions filled by registry in April 2018 was different from the number shown by . . . report filed
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on May 15, 2018.” (ECF No. 5839 at 2, Ex. A.) On July 16, 2018, Defendants also filed an
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amended Report for May 2018 because “the verified data for May, which only became available
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after June 15, showed that the number of positions filled by registry in May 2018 was different
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from the number shown by . . . report filed on June 15, 2018.” (ECF No. 5856, Ex. A.)
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Defendants anticipate that future Reports will need to be amended.
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Defendants can file future Reports, including the August Report that includes the data
from July, based on verified registry data by the last court day of each month. Moving the filing
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Defendants historically provided to the Special Master and Plaintiffs comprehensive staffing
data, including registry data, two months after the month reported in the Correctional Health Care Services
Mental Health Institution Vacancies: Summary by Institution by Classification report currently provided
with Defendants’ monthly reports package (i.e., the July report provides data from May).
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date for the Report to the last court day of each month will prevent unnecessary amendments and
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confusion.
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Therefore, the parties request the deadline to file the Reports be amended to allow
CDCR to file it on the last court day of each month.
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The Special Master has reviewed this stipulation and has no objection to Defendants
filing the psychiatry vacancy report on the last court day of each month.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: August 14, 2018
/s/ Tyler Heath
TYLER HEATH
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
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/s/ Cara E. Trapani_
CARA E. TRAPANI
Attorney for Plaintiffs
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ORDER
Based on the parties’ stipulation, the Court’s February 14, 2018 order (ECF No. 5786), and
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March 15, 2018 stipulation and order (ECF No. 5803) are amended to allow Defendants to file
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CDCR’s psychiatry staffing vacancy report identifying the psychiatrist vacancy rates at each
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CDCR institution and in the aggregate systemwide by the last court day of each month.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 21, 2018.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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