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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MARCIANO PLATA, et al., Case No. 01-cv-01351-JST

8 Plaintiffs,

ORDER SETTING JULY 6, 2020

9 v. CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

10 GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 11

12 13 California’s state prison system continues to be in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. 14 According to the most recently available data, there are 5,335 confirmed inmate COVID-19 cases 15 in the state prison system, of which 2,444 are active, and 949 reported cases of staff infection as of 16 July 3, 2020. Twenty-five inmates and two staff members are known to have died from the 17 disease. Although our knowledge of COVID-19 is still developing, we know that it has caused 18 and will continue to cause a significant number of deaths, and that it disproportionately kills the 19 elderly and the medically vulnerable. We also know that the virus has affected every one of 20 California’s 35 adult prison facilities, although there has not yet been a positive inmate test result 21 at each institution. 22 Three…