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1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS 2 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 AND THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT COMPOSED OF THREE JUDGES 5 PURSUANT TO SECTION 2284, TITLE 28 UNITED STATES CODE 6 7 RALPH COLEMAN, et al., Case No. 2:90-cv-0520 KJM DB P

8 Plaintiffs, THREE-JUDGE COURT 9 v.

10 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 MARCIANO PLATA, et al., Case No. 01-cv-01351-JST 13 Plaintiff, THREE-JUDGE COURT 14 v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

EMERGENCY MOTION TO MODIFY

15 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., POPULATION REDUCTION ORDER 16 Defendants.

17 Before: WARDLAW, Circuit Judge, MUELLER, Chief District Judge, and TIGAR, District Judge 18 We are living in unprecedented times. The spread of COVID-19 is a global crisis, a crisis 19 that is heightened in the most vulnerable groups among us. One such group is before us today. 20 Plaintiffs, two classes of inmates incarcerated in California state prisons, have…