Ralph Coleman v. Gavin Newsom

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 26 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RALPH COLEMAN; et al., No. 23-15755

Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No. 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB v.

GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor, State of MEMORANDUM* California; et al.,

Defendants-Appellants,

and

MATTHEW A. LOPES, Jr., Special Master,

Real-party-in-interest- Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kimberly J. Mueller, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 12, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: GRABER, CALLAHAN, and KOH, Circuit Judges. Dissent by: Judge CALLAHAN.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. California state prisoners who suffer from serious mental disorders filed the

underlying action, alleging that the California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) provides mental health care that “is so inadequate that

their rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth…