Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 6977

ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 12/9/2020 ORDERING that within 30 days from the date of this order, defendants shall deposit with the Clerk of the Court a one hundred and thirty-seventh interim payment of costs in the amount of $3,000,000.00, which amount shall be invested in the interest-bearing account previously opened for this action. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to serve a copy of this order on the Financial Department of this Court. (cc Financial) (Tupolo, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., 11 Plaintiffs, 12 13 v. No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 On December 11, 1995, the court entered an order referring this matter to a Special 16 17 Master and directing that the Special Master’s fees and expenses be borne by the defendants as 18 part of the costs of this action. A significant amount of work remains to be done by the Special 19 Master and additional funds are required to pay his fees and expenses. The court must take all steps necessary to ensure timely payment of the Special 20 21 Master’s fees and expenses. On February 4, 2020, June 5, 2020, and July 23, 2020 the court 22 increased the required deposits in light of the increase in both the Special Master’s workload and 23 his staff. See ECF Nos. 6455, 6703, 6784. Exigent circumstances presented by the novel 24 coronavirus pandemic and ongoing outstanding remedial issues require an additional deposit of 25 funds within the next thirty days.1 26 ///// 27 28 1 The uncertainties regarding the remedial path of this action in view of the issues that remain outstanding, and the ongoing impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has required formation of a special task force supervised by the Special Master, require a substantial increase in the deposit required by this order. 1 1 Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 2 1. Within thirty days from the date of this order, defendants shall deposit with the 3 Clerk of the Court a one hundred and thirty-seventh interim payment of costs in the amount of 4 $3,000,000.00, which amount shall be invested in the interest-bearing account previously opened 5 for this action; and 6 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial 7 Department of this Court. 8 DATED: December 9, 2020. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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