Coleman, et al v. Schwarzenegger, et al

Filing 8182

AMENDED STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 4/1/2024 EXTENDING the deadline to respond to the Special Master's Report and Proposed Telemental Health Policy to 2 weeks following the end of the referral to the mediator. (Huang, H)

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ROB A. BONTA, State Bar No. 202668
Attorney General of California
DAMON MCCLAIN, State Bar No. 209508
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
ELISE OWENS THORN, State Bar No. 145931
NAMRATA KOTWANI, State Bar No. 308741
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

PAUL B. MELLO, State Bar No. 179755
SAMANTHA D. WOLFF, State Bar No. 240280
KAYLEN KADOTANI, SBN 294114
DAVID C. CASARRUBIAS, SBN 321994
CARSON R. NIELLO, SBN 329970
HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
1676 N. California Boulevard, Suite 620
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

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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v.

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

RALPH COLEMAN, et al.,

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al.,

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Plaintiffs, AMENDED STIPULATION AND
ORDER EXTENDING THE TIME
UNDER THE DECEMBER 15, 2023
ORDER TO RESPOND TO THE
SPECIAL MASTER’S MARCH 21, 2024
REPORT AND PROPOSED
TELEMENTAL HEALTH POLICY (ECF
Defendants. NO. 8087)
Judge: The Hon. Kimberly J. Mueller

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On December 15, 2023, the Court ordered the Special Master to file a short report and

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proposed policy on telemental health and limited the time the parties have to review and respond

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to the report and proposed policy to fourteen days. (ECF No. 8087.) At the Special Master’s

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request, the Court extended the deadline for the Special Master to file the report and proposed

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policy. (ECF No. 8151.) On March 21, 2024, the Special Master filed a thirty-nine page report,

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accompanied by a red-lined proposed policy and multiple exhibits. (ECF No. 8165.)

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This stipulation supersedes the March 22, 2024 stipulation the parties submitted to extend
the deadline to respond to the Special Master’s report. (ECF No. 8166.) On March 29, 2024, the

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Amended Stip. and Order Extend. Time to Respond to March 21 Report (2:90-cv-00520 KJM-DB (PC))

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parties met with the court-appointed Ninth Circuit mediator to discuss issues related to staffing.

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Issues relating to telemental health are inter-related to staffing and, therefore, the parties request

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that the deadline to respond to the Special Master’s Report and Proposed Telemental Health

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Policy be extended to two weeks following the end of the referral to the mediator.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
Dated: March 29, 2024

ROB A. BONTA
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA
DAMON MCCLAIN
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: March 29, 2024

HANSON BRIDGETT LLP

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/s/ Samantha D. Wolff
PAUL MELLO
SAMANTHA D. WOLFF
Attorneys for Defendants

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Dated: March 29, 2024

ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP

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/s/ Jenny Yelin
JENNY YELIN
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: April 1, 2024.

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