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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Ralph Coleman, et al., No. 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Gavin Newsom, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 On November 16, 2023, this court directed defendants to bring an appropriate motion 18 regarding whether the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) policy to review maximum custody inmate-patients in psychiatric inpatient programs (PIPs) should be 20 included in the continuous quality improvement tool (CQIT). Nov. 16, 2023 Order at 13, ECF No. 8069. Defendants have now moved the court to exclude the CDCR policy from the CQIT. The motion is denied. 23 I. BACKGROUND A. Development of the Continuous Quality Improvement Tool Almost three decades ago, the court found defendants violated their Eighth Amendment 26 duty to provide access to adequate mental health care to the inmates in their custody who suffer 27 from serious mental…