Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 7804

ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 4/7/2023 AMENDING the 2/28/2023 7742 Order and ORDERING as follows: As of December 2022, defendants have a total of 2,017.4 mental health staff positions allocated under their 2009 Sta ffing Plan. 7788 at 5-9. More than ten percent of those positions are vacant across all classifications except recreation therapists: the vacancy rate among psychiatrists is fifteen percent, the vacancy rate among psychologists is thirty-one per cent, the vacancy rate among social workers is twenty-five percent, the vacancy rate among recreation therapists is nine percent, and the vacancy rate among medical assistants is twenty-nine percent. In all other respects, the 2/28/2023 order remains unchanged. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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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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Plaintiff,

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v.
GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,

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

ORDER AMENDING FEBRUARY 28, 2023
ORDER AT ECF NO. 7742

Defendants.

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As required by court order, ECF No. 7766, defendants have filed an amended version of

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the monthly mental health staffing vacancy report they originally filed February 9, 2023, ECF No.

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7717. See ECF No. 7788. After review and good cause appearing, the court amends its

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February 28, 2023 order, ECF No. 7742, at lines 12-17 to read as follows:

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As of December 2022, defendants have a total of 2,017.4 mental health staff positions

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allocated under their 2009 Staffing Plan.1 ECF No. 7788 at 5-9. More than ten percent of those

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positions are vacant across all classifications except recreation therapists: the vacancy rate among

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psychiatrists is fifteen percent, the vacancy rate among psychologists is thirty-one percent, the

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The court assumes without deciding these allocations are derived from correct
application of the staffing ratios in the 2009 Staffing Plan, as modified by subsequent court
orders, to the existing population of mentally ill inmates at each level of care in CDCR’s Mental
Health Services Delivery System (MHSDS).
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vacancy rate among social workers is twenty-five percent, the vacancy rate among recreation

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therapists is nine percent, and the vacancy rate among medical assistants is twenty-nine percent.

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Id. In all other respects, the February 28, 2023 order remains unchanged.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: April 7, 2023.

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