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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P Plaintiffs, v. GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., ORDER Defendants.

16 In an order filed July 12, 2018, this court directed the Special Master to begin recommending “specific benchmarks that, when met, signal constitutional compliance” and to “include, as appropriate, specific recommended compliance percentage requirements for each benchmark,” starting with the Twenty-Eighth Round Monitoring Report. July 12, 2018 Order, ECF No. 5852 at 3. Subsequently, the court signaled it was “contemplating setting its own process for establishing benchmarks.” March 17, 2020 Order, ECF No. 6509, at 2. The court discussed its proposed process with the parties at the second quarterly status conference for this year, held on July 17, 2020. See Reporter’s Transcript of Proceedings (July 17 RT), ECF No. 6781, at 11-16. Specifically, the court proposed directing the parties to address why the 26 1 References to…