Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 6194

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 6/7/2019 (nun pro tunc) IT IS SO ORDERED 6095 the parties stipulate to extend the 6/7/2019 deadline by 90 days such that Defendants will file their final CMHPP by 9/5/2019. The parties are remin ded that the purpose of the Custody and Mental Health Partnership Plan is to effect "long-term and sustainable culture change", 5477 at 7, to ensure an adequate collaborative culture between custody and mental health staff at all CDCR pri sons where class members are housed. The parties are further reminded that the task at hand is to expand the CMHPP that has already been developed and is "the product of significant effort by everyone involved", 6095 at 3, "to provid e for training focused at the CCCMS programs and the custody staff who interact with inmates and mental health staff in those programs." With the understanding that the extension of time is necessary to accomplish the foregoing, the stipulation is APPROVED. (Reader, L)

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XAVIER BECERRA
Attorney General of California
MONICA N. ANDERSON
Senior Assistant Attorney General
ADRIANO HRVATIN
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931
TYLER V. HEATH, State Bar No. 271478
Deputy Attorneys General
1300 I Street, Suite 125
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
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.,

Case No. 2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC)

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Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND ORDER
EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR
DEFENDANTS TO FILE THEIR FINAL
CUSTODY AND MENTAL HEALTH
PARTNERSHIP PLAN

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v.
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GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,

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Defendants.

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On February 20, 2019, the Court ordered Defendants to update, finalize, and file their

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Custody and Mental Health Partnership (CMHPP). (ECF No. 6095.) On April 12, 2019, the

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Court approved the parties’ joint request providing Defendants until June 7, 2019 to file their

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final CMHPP. (ECF No. 6126.)

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Defendants met and conferred with the Special Master and Plaintiffs on the updated

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CMHPP and have revised the plan several times to address concerns raised by the Special Master

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and Plaintiffs. However, more work needs to be done to finalize the plan, including observation

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and development of proposed trainings, observation of existing medical and mental health huddle
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processes, and holding additional workgroups to discuss identified ambiguities and concerns with

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the proposed approach. Accordingly, the parties stipulate to extend the June 7, 2019 deadline by

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ninety days such that Defendants will file their final CMHPP by September 5, 2019.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: June 6, 2019

XAVIER BECERRA
Attorney General of California
ADRIANO HRVATIN
Supervising Deputy Attorney General

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/S/ ELISE OWENS THORN
Elise Owens Thorn
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants

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Dated: June 6, 2019

ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD, LLP

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/S/ THOMAS NOLAN
Thomas Nolan
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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The parties are reminded that the purpose of the Custody and Mental Health Partnership

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Plan (CMHPP) is to effect “‘long-term and sustainable culture change’”, ECF No. 5477 at 7

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(quoting ECF No. 5439 at 142), to ensure an adequate collaborative culture between custody and

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mental health staff at all California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

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prisons where class members are housed. See ECF No. 5477 at 6-7. The parties are further

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reminded that the task at hand is to expand the CMHPP that has already been developed and is

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“the product of significant effort by everyone involved”, ECF No. 6095 at 3, “to provide for

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training focused at the CCCMS programs and the custody staff who interact with inmates and

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mental health staff in those programs.” Id. at 6. With the understanding that the extension of

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time is necessary to accomplish the foregoing, the stipulation is approved.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: June 7, 2019 (nun pro tunc)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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