Plata

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARCIANO PLATA, et al., Case No. 01-cv-01351-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER SETTING JULY 6, 2020

v. CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants.

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