Newsom
(PC) Coleman v. Newsom
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P Plaintiffs, ORDER v. GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Since 2020, defendants have been working under the Special Master’s supervision and 18 with plaintiffs’ participation to remediate data about mental health care to the plaintiff class. See, e.g., September 3, 2020 Order, ECF No. 6846, at 24 n.12'; see also August 25, 2021 Order, ECF No. 7283, at 3-4. The main purpose of this remedial work is to ensure defendants’ reports are transparent and accurate. See Coleman v. Newsom, 424 F. Supp. 3d 925, 929 (E.D. Cal. 2019) (Golding I). This remedial work became necessary after the court learned defendants had knowingly presented misleading data to the court and Special Master. See generally id. Two related matters are now pending. First, plaintiffs move for clarification that the 25 purpose of data remediation is to…