Abraham Valentin et al v. Robert Jackson et al

Filing 41

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Alexander F. MacKinnon re Stipulation for Order 40 . (ib)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 13 14 v. 16 18 ROBERT JACKSON AND DOES 1 TO 50, INCLUSIVE, Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER1 Plaintiff, 15 17 CV 15-09011-BRO (AFMx) ABRAHAM VALENTIN, ALEJANDRO FRANCISCO PERALTA, MICHAEL DOMINGUEZ, FRANK MARGARITO ESCOBEDO, 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may 1 This Stipulated Protective Order is based substantially on the model protective order provided under Magistrate Judge Alexander F. MacKinnon’s Procedures. 1 1 be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to 2 enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this 3 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 4 discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends 5 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 6 under the applicable legal principles. 7 8 B. 9 This action is likely to involve confidential information for which special GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT 10 protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than 11 prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential information consists of, 12 among other things, documents concerning the policies and procedures of the 13 California Highway Patrol with respect to tactics employed by officers in the field. 14 The California Highway Patrol has taken extensive measures to protect this 15 information from public disclosure, on the grounds that its public dissemination 16 would endanger peace officers in the line of duty. The parties also anticipate that 17 this action may involve information implicating privacy rights of third parties, 18 including but not limited to materials concerning co-defendants in the criminal case 19 that is the subject of this action but who are not parties to this action. Finally, the 20 parties anticipate that this case is likely to involve confidential and private 21 personnel files of peace officers, which are protected from public disclosure under 22 California law, including but not limited to California Evidence Code sections 23 1040, 1043, 1045, and 1151; California Government Code section 6254; and 24 California Penal Code sections 832.5, 832.7, and 832.8. 25 Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt 26 resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately 27 protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the 28 parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for 2 1 and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and 2 serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this 3 matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as 4 confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good 5 faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and 6 there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 7 8 9 10 C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this 11 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information 12 under seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed 13 and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court 14 to file material under seal. 15 There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial 16 proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, 17 good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and 18 County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen. Motors 19 Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210–11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, 20 Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders 21 require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling 22 reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with 23 respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere 24 designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not— 25 without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the 26 material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or 27 otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 28 3 1 Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then 2 compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the 3 relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. 4 See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677–79 (9th Cir. 2010). For 5 each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or 6 introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party 7 seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts 8 and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence 9 supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by 10 declaration. 11 Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in 12 its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. 13 If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting 14 only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, 15 shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their 16 entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. 17 18 2. DEFINITIONS 19 2.1 Action: This pending federal lawsuit, Abraham Valentin, et al. v. Robert 20 Jackson, et al., Case No. CV 15-09011-BRO (AFMx) in the U.S. District Court for 21 the Central District of California. 22 23 24 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of 25 how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 26 protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in 27 the Good Cause Statement. 28 4 1 2 3 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 4 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as 5 “CONFIDENTIAL.” 6 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of 7 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 8 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced 9 or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 10 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 11 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as 12 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. 13 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. 14 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside 15 counsel. 16 17 18 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party 19 to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have 20 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that 21 has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. 22 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 23 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their 24 support staffs). 25 26 27 28 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action. 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 5 1 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 2 and their employees and subcontractors. 3 4 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 5 6 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing Party. 7 8 3. 9 SCOPE The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only 10 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or 11 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 12 compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 13 presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 14 15 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial. 16 17 18 4. DURATION Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as 19 CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order used or 20 introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available 21 to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons 22 supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial 23 judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180–81 (distinguishing 24 “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from 25 “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court 26 record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the 27 commencement of the trial. 28 6 1 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 2 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 3 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection 4 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material 5 that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must 6 designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or 7 written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, 8 documents, items or communications for which protection is not warranted are not 9 swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 10 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 11 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 12 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to 13 impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the 14 Designating Party to sanctions. 15 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 16 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must 17 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 18 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this 19 Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise 20 stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection 21 under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or 22 produced. 23 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 24 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 25 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 26 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend 27 “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that 28 contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for 7 1 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 2 (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 3 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection 4 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 5 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and 6 before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be 7 deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the 8 documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine 9 which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, 10 before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 11 “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a 12 portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also 13 must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings 14 in the margins). 15 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party 16 identifies the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of 17 the deposition all protected testimony. 18 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and 19 for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on 20 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the 21 legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information 22 warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 23 protected portion(s). 24 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent 25 failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive 26 the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such 27 material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make 28 8 1 reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the 2 provisions of this Order. 3 4 6. 5 CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 6 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s 7 Scheduling Order. 8 9 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37-1 et seq. 10 11 6.3 Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a joint stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2. 12 6.4 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on 13 the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper 14 purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other 15 parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating 16 Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall 17 continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is 18 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the 19 challenge. 20 21 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 22 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 23 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 24 Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such 25 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the 26 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a 27 Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL 28 DISPOSITION). 9 1 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a 2 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons 3 authorized under this Order. 4 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless 5 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a 6 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 7 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 8 9 10 11 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action; (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of 12 the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 13 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 14 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 15 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 16 (d) the court and its personnel; 17 (e) court reporters and their staff; 18 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional 19 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have 20 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 21 22 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 23 (h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the 24 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party 25 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2) they 26 will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the 27 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise 28 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 10 1 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may 2 be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone 3 except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 4 5 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 6 7 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED 8 IN OTHER LITIGATION 9 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation 10 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as 11 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must: 12 13 14 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order 15 to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the 16 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include 17 a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 18 19 20 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with 21 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this 22 action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the 23 subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 24 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 25 protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions 26 should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action 27 to disobey a lawful directive from another court. 28 11 1 2 3 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 4 Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information 5 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 6 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be 7 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 8 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 9 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 10 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 11 confidential information, then the Party shall: 12 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non- 13 Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality 14 agreement with a Non-Party; 15 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 16 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably 17 specific description of the information requested; and 18 19 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party, if requested. 20 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 21 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party 22 may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery 23 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall 24 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the 25 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. 26 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and 27 expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 28 12 1 2 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 3 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this 4 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in 5 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best 6 efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the 7 person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of 8 this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment 9 and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 10 11 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 12 PROTECTED MATERIAL 13 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 14 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other 15 protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal 16 Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify 17 whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for 18 production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 19 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure 20 of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work 21 product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated 22 protective order submitted to the court. 23 24 25 26 27 28 12. MISCELLANEOUS 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future. 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to 13 1 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in 2 this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on 3 any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective 4 Order. 5 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 6 Protected Material must comply with Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material 7 may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 8 specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material 9 under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information 10 in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 11 12 13 13. FINAL DISPOSITION After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 14 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must 15 return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As 16 used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 17 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 18 Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the 19 Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if 20 not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that 21 (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 22 returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any 23 copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 24 capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel 25 are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, 26 deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition 27 and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert 28 work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival 14 1 copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective 2 Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 3 4 14. VIOLATION 5 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures 6 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 7 8 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 9 10 DATED:____________ LAW OFFICES OF BARRY L. GREENHALGH 11 12 13 Barry L. Greenhalgh, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiffs 14 15 16 DATED: ____________ OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 17 18 Edward P. Wolfe, Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Defendant 19 20 21 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED 22 23 DATED: 8/11/2016 24 25 26 27 ___________________________________ ALEXANDER F. MacKINNON United States Magistrate Judge LA2015603531 62070205.doc 28 15 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 4 I, _______________________________ [print or type full name], of 5 ___________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury 6 that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that 7 was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California 8 on [date] in the case of Abraham Valentin, et al. v. Robert Jackson, et al, Case No. 9 CV 15-09011-BRO (AFMx). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the 10 terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that 11 failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of 12 contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 13 information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person 14 or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further 15 agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Central 16 District of California for enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, 17 even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I 18 hereby appoint _______________________ [print or type full name] of 19 ___________________________________ [print or type full address and 20 telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with 21 this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective 22 Order. 23 Date: _______________________________ 24 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 25 26 Printed name: ____________________________________ 27 28 Signature: _______________________________________ 1

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