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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. S-90-0520-KJM-DB P Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 17 On November 14, 2019, Christopher Lipsey, an inmate at California State Prison, Corcoran (CSP Corcoran), filed a motion to intervene in this class action, which is in its remedial phase. Mot., ECF No. 6389. Lipsey’s motion concerns the use of Guard One, an electronic monitoring system installed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) defendants in all administrative segregation units (ASUs), including short term and long term restrictive housing units (STRHs and LTRHs), psychiatric services units (PSUs), Security Housing Units (SHUs), and Condemned Housing Units to track correctional officer compliance with inmate welfare checks required in these units. As relevant here, Lipsey claims that the use of Guard One violates his Eighth Amendment right under the U.S. Constitution because it…