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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 ON MOTION TO STRIKE

B HEARSAY STATEMENTS

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The court issues this order concurrently with its order making final its finding defendants incivil contempt for failure to comply with court-ordered and constitutionally required mental 19 health staffing levels. This court held an evidentiary hearing over four court days between September 29, 2023 and October 5, 2023 concerning enforcement of staffing remedies in this action (hereafter 22 “staffing enforcement proceedings”). See Mins. Enf’t Hr’g, ECF Nos. 7986, 7996, 7998, 8000. On October 19, 2023, defendants filed a motion to strike as hearsay portions of testimony by four 24 individuals employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). ECF No. 8018. Except for two…