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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 SCR P Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 On September 8, 2025, the Special Master filed a Report on the Second Re-Audit and Update of Suicide Prevention Practices in the Psychiatric Inpatient Programs (PIPs)1 prepared by the Special Master’s suicide prevention expert Lindsay M. Hayes, M.S., ECF No. 8766 (Report),2

21 1 This series of suicide prevention auditing covers California Medical Facility (CMF-PIP), California Health Care Facility (CHCF-PIP), California Institution for Women (CIW-PIP), San Quentin State Prison (SQ-PIP), and Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP-PIP). 23 2 As the court noted in an earlier order, Mr. Hayes joined the Special Master’s team in 2013. See Oct. 2, 2013 Order, ECF No. 4857. Prior to that, in 2010, defendants entered into a three-year contract with Mr. Hayes “as a consultant for the express purpose of addressing 25 numerous deficiencies in…