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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 EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants. 16 On September 23, 2020, the Special Master filed a report on the fourth re-audit and update on suicide prevention practices in the prisons of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prepared by the Special Master’s suicide prevention expert Lindsay M. Hayes, M.S. ECF No. 6879. With his report, the Special Master filed Mr. Hayes’ report itself. ECF No. 6879-1. On October 5, 2020, defendants filed objections to the Special Master’s report. ECF No. 6898. On October 14, 2020, plaintiffs filed a response to defendants’ objections. ECF No. 6905. I. BACKGROUND While the pending report is the fourth re-audit report, it is the fifth report and recommendations the Special Master and Mr. Hayes have filed with the court. The first report was filed January 14, 2015. ECF…