Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 7592

ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 7/22/2022 ADOPTING the Special Master's 6/28/2022 recommendations, and ADOPTING in full the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Annual Suicide Report Proposal, subject to the provisional approval process outlined therein. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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

v.

ORDER

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

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As required by the court’s June 14, 2022 order, ECF No. 7570, on June 28, 2022, the

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Special Master filed a Report and Recommendation Regarding the California Department of

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Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Proposal for Assuming the Annual Suicide Monitoring Report.

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ECF No. 7574 (“Report”). The Report was not circulated to the parties for review and comment

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prior to its filing; it is therefore presumptively subject to the thirty day objection period approved

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by the court on July 29, 2019. ECF No. 6230. However, the Special Master reports that all

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parties have agreed to the proposal appended to the Report, for the California Department of

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Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to assume responsibility for filing annual reports on

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completed inmate suicides. Id. at 7. The proposal provides for provisional approval for the

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annual suicide report for calendar year 2021, followed by a meet and confer of the parties

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supervised by the Special Master and submission of a further recommendation from the Special

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Master as to whether the proposal should become final. Id. at 9-10.
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The agreement reached on CDCR’s proposal represents a significant step forward in the

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remedial phase of this litigation. Given both the complete agreement of the parties and the

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Special Master’s assent to CDCR’s proposal, as well as the time sensitivity associated with its

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implementation, the court accepts the Special Master’s recommendation to adopt the proposal at

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this time. The Report itself will be adopted by subsequent order on or after July 28, 2022, at the

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end of the thirty day objection period.

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The Special Master’s June 28, 2022 recommendation is adopted; and

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2. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Annual Suicide

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Report Proposal is adopted in full, subject to the provisional approval process

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outlined therein.

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DATED: July 22, 2022.

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