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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P Plaintiffs, ORDER v. GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 As required by court order, Apr. 18, 2024 Order, ECF No. 8206, the parties have filed a 18 Joint Report providing the last proposal for a medical holds exception to the Program Guide 19 transfer timelines for transfer to the Correctional Clinical Case Management System (CCCMS) and Enhanced Outpatient Program (EOP) levels of care together with statements of their respective positions regarding whether the court should require defendants to adopt that proposal as an addendum to the Program Guide. ECF No. 8216. 23 I. BACKGROUND The background relevant to this issue is set out at pages 14 to 17 of the court’s November 16, 2023 order, ECF No. 8069, and incorporated herein full by reference. In that 26 order, the court held that a policy conflict between a medical holds…