Coleman

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 27 2025

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. 24-2938

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

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., MEMORANDUM*

Defendants - Appellants.

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

Argued and Submitted May 15, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: S.R. THOMAS, M. SMITH, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

State officials (“the State”) appeal from the district court’s March 2024 order

denying the State’s motion to exclude an indicator from the continuous quality

improvement tool (“CQIT”) that tracks a California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) policy to review patients in psychiatric inpatient

programs on maximum custody. Because the parties are familiar with the factual

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. and procedural history of this case, we…