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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, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants.

17 This matter is set for evidentiary hearing on June 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. to address the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (hereafter pandemic) on class member access to necessary inpatient mental health care at Department of State Hospital (DSH) programs. See May 18, 2020 Stipulation and Order, ECF No. 6676 at 5. As directed by the court, see Minute Order, ECF No. 6712, the parties have filed a joint status report setting forth their respective positions as to (1) whether defendants’ pending appeal, ECF No. 6684, deprives this court of jurisdiction over the hearing; and (2) the timing for defendants to provide supplemental discovery responses to plaintiffs in advance of the hearing. These issues are resolved below. I. BACKGROUND In an order filed April 10, 2020, the court set this…