Helen Langley et al v. City of Los Angeles et al

Filing 31

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge John E. McDermott re Stipulation for Protective Order #30 . [See Order for details.] (san) Modified on 10/19/2017 (san).

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1 Lisa Bloom (158458)
Jivaka Candappa (225919)
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A. Douglas Mastroianni (150438)
3 Silvia Luna (315077)
THE BLOOM FIRM
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20700 Ventura Blvd., Suite 301
5 Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Telephone:[phone]
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Facsimile: [phone]
7 Email: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
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[e-mail]
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[e-mail]
l0 Attorneys for Plaintiffs HELEN LANGLEY,
DARRELL SMITH, DUARRELL SMITH,
1 1 IRVIN ANDERSON,LIONELL CHISM,
12 WILLFREDO CHISM, L.L., and D.L
13 MICHAEL N. FEVER, City Attorney - SBN 111529x

THOMAS H.PETERS,Chtef Assistant City Attorney - SBN 163388

14 CORY M.BRENTE,Assistant City Attorney - SBN 115453

MICHAEL R. AMERIAN,Deputy City Attorney - SBN 207610

15 200 North Main Street

6th Floor, City Hall East

16 Los Angeles, CA 90012

E-mail: mtchael.~merian a~lacity.org

17 Phone No.: (213)978-~70~3 Fax No.:[phone]
18 Attorneysfor I~~~endants CITY O~ LOS ANGELES, OFFICER GAXIOLA,

OFFICER REYES,and SERGEANT SANDOZ

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LTNI'TED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT ~F CALIFORNIA

22 HELEN LANGLEY,et al.

Case No. 2:17-CV-05490 FMO(JEM)

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Plaintiffs,

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vs.

DISCOVERY MATTER
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
Judge: Hon. John E. McDermott
Ctrm: 640 255 E. Temple St.(Roybal)
Trial Judge: Hon. Fernando M. Olguin

25 CITY OF LOS ANGELES,~t al.,
Defendants.
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STIPULATED PEtOTf'CT[VE ORDF,R
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Helen Langley et al. vs. City ofLos
A nge/es et al.

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Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their respective attorneys of record,

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2 stipulate to the following protective order:
3 1.

PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
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Disclosure and discovery activity i~n this action are likely to

5 involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which
6 special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than

7 prosecuting this litigation would be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby
8 stipulate to and petitiotl the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order.

9 The parties acknowledge that this Stipulated Protective Order("Order") does not
10 confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the
1 1 protection it affords extends only to the limited inforina~ion or items that are entitled
12 under the applicable legal principles to treatment as confidential. The parties further
13 acknowledge, as set forth in Section 10, below, that this Order creates no entitlement
14 to file confici~r~tial information under seal; Ciyil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
15 procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards that will be applied when

16 a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
1.2

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Good Cause Statemer~x: The parties believe that the Confidential

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18 Information specified in Paragraph 1.1 above or Paragraphs 2.3 and 2.4 below are
19 I~, described with sufficient particularity to comply with Ninth Circuit standards for
2 protective ~rd~rs.
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Thy, parties fiirther believe that disclosure of documents designated in

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22 categories listed in Paragraphs 1.l , 2.3, a~1d/or 2.4 would violate police officers' and
23 , Plaintiffs' rights to privacy.

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DEFINITIONS
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Party: any party to this action, including all ofits officers,

2 directors, elt~ployees, consultants, retained experts, and outside counsel(and their
6
2~ i support staff,
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STIPULA7"ED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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Helen Langley et al. vs. City ofLos
Angeles et al.

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Disclosure or Discovery hlatei~ial: all items or information,

2 ~I regardless of the medium or manner generated, stored or maintained (including,
3 among other things, testimony, transcripts, or tangible things) that are produced or
4 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

2.3

5

"Confidential" Information or Items: information (regardless of

6 how generated, stored ~or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection
7 i under standards developed under F.R.Civ.P. 2.6 (c). This material includes, but is not
8 limited to, Defendants' personnel records, Plaintiffs' anedical and psychological

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records, and other similar c;c~nfidential records designated as such, including the

10 existence of such records and/or information.

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"Highly Confdential — Attorne~~s' E~e

y" Information or

12 I Items: extremely sensitive "Confidential Inf~nna~~ion or Items" whose disclosure to
13 another Party or non-party would create a substantial risk of serious injury that could
14 i~ not be avoided by less restrictive means.

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Receivin~rty: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

16 I~' Material from a Producing Party.
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Produc,in~a_rt~: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosure or

18 Discovery Material in this action.

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19

DP,Sl~zlatin~ Pam: a Party ~r non-party that designates

2 information or itel~ls that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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Confidential'' or "Highly ~C'~onfid~ntial — Att~~rneys' Eyes Onl~~."
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2.8

Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

23 ~ designated as "Confidential" or a~. "Highly C~al~dential —Attorneys' Eyes Only."
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2.9

Outside Counsel: attorneys who are not employees of a Party but
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25 ~'~ ~who are retailied to represent or advise a Parh,~ in this action.
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2,.10 House Counsel: attorne~~s wko are employees of a Party.

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~'ounsel (without qualifier): Outside C=~unsel and House Counsel

( well as their support st~:if#s).
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STIPULATED Pf~OTF~'TIVE Od~DEF'
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Helen Langley et al. vs. City ofLos
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2.12 Ex~~eri: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a

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2 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to
3 serve as an expert witness ~r as a constiltant i~ this action and who is not a past or a
4 current e►np(oyee of a Party or a Party's competitor and who, at the time of retention,
5 is not anticipated to become ari employee of a Party or a Party's competitor.
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2.l 3 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation

7 GF support services (e.b., photocopying; videotaping; translating; preparing exhibits or
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8 ~ demonstrations; organizing, storing, retrieving data in any farm or medium; etc.) and
9 ~ their employees and subcontractors.
10 ~ 3.

SCOPF,

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

12 ;f~ Protected Material (as defined above), but also any ~niormatio~ coped or extracted
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13 ' therefrom, as well as a!1 copies, excerpts, sumiriaries, or compilations thereof, plus
l4 '; testimony, conversations, ~r presentations by parties or counsel to or in court or i~n

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15 ~ other settings that might reveal Protected Material.
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DURATION

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Even after the ter~~asllation of this litigation., the ~onfidei~tiality obligations
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18 ~ imposed by this Orden shall r~m~in iiz effect i~.ntil a Designating Party agrees
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19 !' otherwise in writtin~ or a court order otherwise directs.
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DESIGNATINCT PROTECTED M~ITERI~.L
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Exercise ic f Restrai3~t and Care in Designating Material for

22 ;i Protection. Each Party or non-party that designates information or- items fc~r
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23 !1 protection under t}iis ~rde~- roust t~ak~ ~ca~_ e to limit any such desig~tation to specific
24 rj~, material that q~~alifi~s under the appropriate s~and~~rds. A Besignating Party must
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25 !'take care to designate for prot;,~cti~n only those parts of material, documents, items,
26 ;~ or oral or written colni-~~zriications that qualify — so that other portions of the
27 ~ material, documents, itFrris or commut~ie~~tic~ns fc~~~ which protection is not warranted
28 i are not swept unjustifiably wit~iin the ambit of this Order.
~ ~ STIPULATED I'ROTTC`TI~'C C?ifZ~CI~
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Helen Langley et al. vs. City of Los
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Mass, indiscrin»nate, or routinized designations are prohibited.

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2 Designations that. are shown to be dearly unjustified, or that have been made for an
3 improper purpose (e.g., to umlecessarily encumber or retard the case development
4 process, or to itupose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties), expose the
5 Designating Party to sanctions.
If it comes to a Party's or anon-party's attention that informatiion or
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7 ~ items that it designated fc~r protection do not qualify for protection at all, or do not
8 ,; qualify for the bevel of proi:ection initially ass~r~ed, that Party ~r non-party must
9 ~ = promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.
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5.2 Mailn~,r and Tiinin~of Designations. Except as otherwise
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ll '~ provided in this Order (se,~, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a), below), or as
12 '~ otherwise stipulated or ordered, material that c~~za~iftes for protection under this Order
13 ~'~, must be clearly so designated before tl~e lllatei-ial is disclosed c,r produced.
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Designation in conformity ~~ith t1~is order requires:
(a)

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fir information in d~cu~nentar~foi(apart from

16 ~~ transcripts of depositions car other pretrial or ta~ial proceedings)., Yhat the Producing
17 ~ Pariy affix the legend `'CC?I~IFTDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —
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18 ~ ATTORNEYS' EYES OI~`L~Y" at the ton e~f ea~.,h page that contains protected

l9 ~, material. If only a porti~ar~. or portions of the material nn a page qualifies for
20 '~, ', protection, the Procuring 'Party also mu~~t clearly identify the protected portions)
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21 ~'; (e.g., by making ap~ropria~e rn~rl~:i~gs i~ the mar~FiYls~ and 2~ust specify, for each
22 ~ ~ portion, the let~e] of protection being assF:rted (either "CONFI~F'NTI2L" or
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23 ;',"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS' F,YES ONLY").
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A Pay~~~ or non-party thet makes original d~~u~nents or materials

25 it available for inspection need not designate th~~r~ for protection until after the
26 inspecting Pert,✓ 11as indicated wl~i~h in~ieria~ it would like ;;opied and produced.
27 During the in~~;e~tion and before the desi~natioi~, all of the material trade available
28 ~,for inspection shall be deemed "HAGHLY CO'e1F'~~ENTI~T --ATTORNEYS'
~ , STIPULATF,D FRO~'''~CTfVL.(~ItDER
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1 EYES ONLY." After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants
2 copied and produced, the Producing party must deteniline which documents, or
3 portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order, then, before producing the
4 specified doc~u~ne,nts, the Producinb Party must affix the appropriate legend
5 ("CONFIDEN"I'IAL" or "I~~IG~ILY CONt~IDEI~,~TIAL —ATTORNEYS'EYES
6 ~~ ONLY")at the top of each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or
7 ~~ portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Pariy must
8 ~; clearly identify the ~~rotected port~~~n(s)(e.~., by _l~~ki~lg appropriate markings in the
9 :` margins) and must specify. for each portion, the level of protection being asserted
10 '; (either "CONFIDENT~~1L"' car "I~IGHLY CC)NFIDT,I~~TIAL -- ATTORNEYS'
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ll EYES ONLY").
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(b)

fir testilnon~~iven ll2 deposition or in other pretrial or trial

13 'j ~roceedin~s, that the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the testimony identify
14 ,~ on the record, before the close of the ~1.P~osition, l~e~ring, or ether proceeding, all
it

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15 ~ protected testimony, end further specify ~n_y ~.orti~ns of the testimony that qualify as
16 '"HIGHLY ~'OI~IFIDE7'JTIAL — A.~I'TORNF,YS' EYES ONLY." When it is
17 ~~ unpractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to
18 ', protection, and where it ap~~ears that substa7~tia1 p~~rtions of the testimony may qualify
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19 ~ for protection, the Party or non-party that sponsor., offers, ~r gives the testimony
20 ~. inay invoke «n the r~cc►rd (before the ~~e~ositit~il ~r proceeding is concluded) a right
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21 '~;'to have up to t«~e~rty (2Q) days to ~dentif;~ the specific porti~o~s of the testimony as to
22 i~ which protection ~s s~ugl~t and to specify t?~e~ levy:.l of protection being asserted
23 '~ ~ ("CONFIDENTIAL" or `'`HI(JHLY CONFID~N~'IAL —ATTORNEYS' EYES
24 ~ , ONLY"). Only those portions of xhe testi~~~ony that are a~pi•opriat~ly designated for
25 `~ ~ protection within the 20 gays shall be r.~~✓~r~cl by zhe r~rovisions of this Stipulated
26 i~~, Protective Order.
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Transcript pales c~nta~~ling Pr~tec+ed Material must be separately

28 `~ bound by the col~rr re.~~rtt~~, ~~ho rntist affix_ t~~ the top of each such page the legend
STIPULA'I'1_;D PRC~TFCTIVE OIf~DER
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1 "CONFIllENTIAL'" or "HIG~~LY CONFIUENTTAL —ATTORNEYS'EYES
2 ONLY," as instructed by the Farty or non-party offering or sponsoring the witness or
3 presenting the testimony.
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(c)

fi r information produced in some form other than

5 documentary, and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a

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6 Fj prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the
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7 j~, infonnat~on or item is stored the legend ``C'ONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY
8 ~ CONFIDENTIAL — ~TT~ORN~YS' EYES nNI,Y." If only portions ofthe
9 `~ information or item warrant: protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable,
l0 ~` ~ shall identify the protected pc~rti~~s, specifying w?~ether they qualify as
1 1 "CONFIDEN~~'I!1L" or "]~I~HLY COl~i~'IDENTiAL —ATTORNEYS'EYES
12 ONLY."

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Ii~adve~rtei~t F~iilures t~ D ,.~; rate. If tiFl~ely coi-rect~d, an

14 inadvertent failure to desi~~a~e gt~alitied inforr~iation cn• items as "CONFIDENTIAL"

15 ~' or "HIGHLY C~NFII~ENTI~L -- ATTC)RIv`~YS' EYES ONL`t'" does not, standing
16 j alone, waive tl~~, Designating Partv's rigl~~ tc~ secu__-e protection under this Order for
l7 ,: such material. ~f matea-ia' is a~propriaYel~~ design~xted as "CONFIDENTIAL" or
;
18 ~~ "HIGHLY CONE~IDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS'EYES ONLY'' after the material was
19 ~ initially prod~~c~d, the Rece~»ing Warty, ~n tyn~ely ~otifi~ation of the designation,
20'~i must snake re~►~~onable eff~?-ts to aspure tl~a+ th~: m~teri~l is tr~~ted in accordance with
21 ; this Order.
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CHALLl~,T1~rING ~'Or1FID~,NTLAL,ITY DESIGNATI01~1S
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Timm o~Cl~;ille~e~~. 1.1~~less a. prompt c~halleiige to a

24 ~ Designating Party'S confic~e~~iality designation i~ necessary to avoid foreseeable
25 ~I substantial unfairness, t~nn~~ve~sary ecoi~oz~~ic burc'Pns, ~r ~ ?atFr significant
26 ~' disruption or ~tel~y of the liti~ati~r~, a Part}~ ~~es not ~~~~ive zts right to challenge a
27 i ~! confidentiality designation by electing riot to mount a challenge promptly after the
28 ~' ot-iginal des3gnati~c~n is disclosed.
~ STIPULATED P}ZOTECT[V~, ~R9~'~
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6.2

Meet and Confer. A Party that elects to initiate a challenge to a

Designating Party's confidentiality designation must do so in good faith and must
begin the process by conferring directly (in voice-to-voice dialogue; other forms of
~' communication are not sufficient) with counsel for the Designating Party. In
S '~ conferring, t11e challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the

confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an
opportunity to review the designated material, to r~ecoa~sider tl~e circumstances, and,
if no change in designatio~~. =s offered, to ea:pl~in the basis fc~r the chosen designation.
A challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it
l0 ',~ has engaged are this meet and confer p~oc~ess first.,
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Judicial I~~tervention. ~ Party that elects to press a challenge to a

12 !~ confpdentiality designation. after cc~~rsideririg the justification offered by the
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13 j' Designating Party may file ai d serve a motion under Civil Lacal Rule 7(and in
1~4 : compliance with Civil Local Rule ?9-5, if applica'~le) that identifies the challenged
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15 material and sets firth in detail the basis for the challenge. Each such motion must
16 ~ be accompanied by ~ competernt c'e~laration that affirms that the inovant has
17, complied with the me~:~ a~i~d confer require,n~~nts ii»~osed in the preceding paragraph
18~: and that sets for!.h ~,~ita~ specifi~ity the jusrificatior~ fc~r the c~r~fdentiality designation
19 ~, ~ that was given by the De~,ignatin~ Party in the meet anti confer dialogue.
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Tl~c burden ~f persuasion in airy slzc'~1 rhallen~e ~Y~~eed.ing shall be nn

2] ~ the I~ee,ign~~in~ I'arty~ L1nt~l the ~~~.irt rules on t~h~ challenge, all p,~rties shall
22 ~ continue to afford the matF~-ial in questio?Z the level of pr«te~ti~,n t~ which it is
23 P' entitled under tie Produc~~~g Party's d~~sigr~~~ion.
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ACCEir~ TO ANI~ LJSE lJF PRC)T-~;~''-'F?~ 1V~.ATERIAL
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Basic Pr nci ] ,;. A F_eceiv~rag Party may use Protected Material

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26 `that is disclosed ~r ;~rodu~~~cl by atlothe~ Party or L a non-p~arty~ in connection with
27 ;j this ca~.e only for prosecuting, def~ndin~, car ~ttemptill~ to s~,ttlf~ this litigation. Such
28 ~, Protected NlatPrial may b~~ ~isclns~d ~i~lti° t~~ the c~~t;egories ofpersr~ns and under the
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conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a
Receiving Pariy must comply with the p~~ovis~ons of section 11, below (FINAL
DISPOSITION).
Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party
at a location and ~n ~~ secure manner that erasures that access is limited to the persons
6 ~ authorized under this Order.
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Disclti~sure of"CONF~~~IET~TIA_L" Inf~rmati~n or Items. Unless

8 !otherwise or~~erer~ by the c~.~rt or penni+._t~_d in tivrit:in~ by the Designating Party, a
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9 ~ Receiving Party may disclose any information or ite~71 designated COI~IFIDENTIAL
10 ~ only to:
(a)

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the F:ec~eivin~ P~ar-ty's Out~ic~e Counsel of record in this

12 ~j ~ action, as ~~v~~l as et_Zploye~s of said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to
13 i disclose the information fir this litigation ar~d «~l~c~ have si~;~e~l the "A~reement to
14 ~' Be Bound by Protective Order" that is attac}~~d n~re~to a.s Exh~~~bit ,~y
15 ' ,
(b) -the effacers, directors, ~i~d employees (i.~~chiding House
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16 ' Counsel) of the R_eceivi~Ig Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this
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17 ~ litigation and who have sib-raec~ the "R_~reerrent tc> B~ ~cur~ by Protective Order"
18 i'(Exhibit A);
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(c}

experts (as ~l~fin~~l ~t~ tl~~s n~-der_) c~~the~ Receiving Party to

20 ~ ! who~?~ d~sclos~~r~: is re,aso~r,~bly ~~t,cessaxy fc~r t:1~i< ~irigati~~ an:i ~vho have signed the
2l ', "Agreement to Be Round h~~ Prolectiv~ nrc'er"'(E~hih~~t A);
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(d)

t11e~ C'~«rt and its p~;rsonx^el;

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~,;o~~r~ reporters, t~ieit~ s~taf~5, ~~i~d pro.~essic~na~ vendors to

24 -i whom disclosure is reasonably necessary fir this ►itigation and who have signed the
25 ~ ~ ``Agreement to Be F3ound by PrQt~~r:tive Orc'~,r'' (~;xhirit A);
26 ~

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~~L~rir~g t~lerr de~c~sit~~:~n~ ~,~~iir~csses in the action to whom

27 j~ disclosure is reas~~nably nF~ce:~saz-r✓ ar~~ v~~~~o have signed the "Agreement to Be
28 '~ ' Bound by Pr~~tective Orden"(Ex~~~bit, A_), Pa~~s t~f transcribed deposition testimony
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or exhibits to depositions that ieveal Prot~:cted 1~'faterial must be separately bound by
the court reporter and niay izot be disclosed to anyone except as perulitted under this
Stipulated Protective Order.
(g)

the author of the document or tl~e original source of the

information.
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Disclosure of``HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —ATTORNEYS'

EYES ONLY" Inforinatiou car Items. ~[Jnl~;ss otl~ettivise~ ordered by the court ox
8 !permitted xn ~~~ritin~ by the T~esigr+atin~ P~~~ty, a ~ti~eivi«g Party may ~.isclose any
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9 Ir information or it~rr~ desi~raated "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — AT'TORNrYS'
10 EYES ONLY" onl~~ to:

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(
a)

the Receiving Party's Outside Counsel of record in this

12 'i action, as well as employees of sai~~ Cov.~lsel to ~N~ic►m it is reasonably necessary to
13 disclose the inforisia~ion f'or this litigation end ~~~~~~ hati~L si~r~eci the "A~ree~nent to
14 ~ ~e Bound ~y Prote~tAve ~~-der"' th~.t is attac?~ed h~r~ta as E~.hibi~ ~;

15

(L~)

Mouse ~'~uia~.~el of a Rec~~vi?i~ Party (1) to whom

th ~ ~ disc]osure is reas~nab'y necessary for this liti,~ati~n, and (2} why has signed the
17 ~;~ "Agreement to ~3e I3oulid ls~~~ Protc,~„trv~,~ t)r~~er`' (Exhibit A1;
18 ;

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Experts tas dewed in tr_~s Order) (1) to ~,~liom disclosure is

19 +reasonably neces~an~ for this lsti~;ation, ~.~d ~2) tiv'~o ha~~e si~t~~~~ the "A~r~ement to
20 ~3e ~30~_~~ ry ~~-~t~~t~ve r'9•s~F~r." !I~-~:hihit A.);

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~~7~ Cou~-~ end its ~~~~~an~c:l;

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cou~rk reporters, thee- staffs, and professional vendors to

23 whom discl~surE° is 1-easona?~ly ~~cess~r~~ fc~r this lit~~ation and «ho have signed the

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24 ~ "Agreement to Ike Bound by Pro~e~tiv~ ~~r~e~r" (E~:h bit A};
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during their de}~o=~~tians, witu~sses ire the action to whom

26 I disclosure is r~~aso~~ably n~.ce~sar~~ and ~vf~~ have signed the "Agreement to be Bound
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2~ by Protective Order." Pa~,~ s of tra~iscr~hr~t~ c1Epo~sit~c~n testimony or exhibits to

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depositions that reveal Pr~~tect~~d Mate~i:~i t~~ust b~: sep~~~ate?y b~a~ind by the court
STIPULATED PFi)TE:C"TTVI; ~)~Dff:i~
Case No. 2: i 7-CV-05490 FM~~ (J~,M)

~~

Ke1er? Langle~~ e* al. vs. City ~fLos
Angeles et al.

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1 reporter and nay not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated
2 Protective Order. In the event the parties cannot agree upon whether disclosure is
3 "reasonably necessary" said parties shall il~eet and coY~fer on the matter and if there is
4 no resolution nlav seek relief from the Court.
5

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tl~e author of the document or the ~flriginal source of

6 i information.
7 ,~~ 8.

PROTE~'TED ~VIATE~[~I_ SUBPOENAED OR ORI)F,fZ~;D PRODUCED IN
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8 !~ OTHER LITIGATION
9 ~~

If ~ Receiving Party is seed ti~~it11 ~ su~pof~na ~~ ar. o~r,l.~r issued iti other

l0 ~ litigation. that v~~ould compel disclosure of any infor~~ation or items designated in this
11 ~ action as "CONFIL~FNTI~~,L" ~~ "I~IU~ILY CONFIDT:NTIAL —ATTORNEYS'
12 ~; EYES ONLY,''the Receiving Patty must so notify the Designating Party, in writing
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13 ~ (by fax, if possible} ~.i-~~tner~~ate15~ .~~d in ~no evert more th~r~ t~re~ court days after
14 j'receiving the subpoena or order. Such notifcation must include a copy of the
IS I subpoena c►r court c~rc'er.
16 ;~~

The R~cei~~ing Party also ~~Iust imr~~ec~iat~ly informs i~2 v~rriting the Party who

17 '~ ~ caused the subpoena oc ordt;r to issue i~~ Yh~ ot?~e~r !i*~~;ation that some or ail of the
18 I~ Material covered by the subpoena ar order ~s the s~~bjec~ ~f this Protective Order. In
19 it addition, the ~_ea~i~~ing P~r'v in~.i~;t delrvcr a ~>>py cif this Stil~t~l~t~~d Pr.~tective Order
20 '~ promptly to the_ Pert}~ in the otk~er action that cau~~.~~ t~~e subpoe~la or order to issue.
2] ,'~

The purpc~~~e cif ilnpc~~ing tl~~ese d~~.ties i~~, to alert the interested parties to the

22 '~ ' existence of ~.hrs Pr~~,tecti~~ ~ ~z~.ier end t~ ~ffc~rd t~,e T~esign ~.t.ir~g Party in his case an
23 s opportunity to tt}~ to ~rot~, tits c~~~fide~t~ality in+. ,r~s*~~ in the court fro~x1 v✓hich the
24 ~ subpoena or order is pied. Th~~ Ta~signati~i~ P~~~ty ~h~1~. bear the burdens and the
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25 ~ '~ expenses of s~~~;ir~_g r~rote~~.tion in '.hat ~c~~_r~ c+f its co~1i~e7ti~.l ~~na.terial —aid nothing
26 I'~ in these prov~siozis Should be const~-u~~. as a~~thor~zin~; or encouraging ~ Receiving
27 ~' Party in this action to disobey a l~.wful dirF•ctivti. fi-~~m ~-~other ~;olzrt.
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STIPULA~'LL~ P's~C_'~T~CTI~,1E Ol:I~F,1~.
~` Case No. 2:17-CV-0 490 FM(~(JEM)

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Kelerr Lara~ley et al. vs. City ofLos
Angeles et cal.

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l 9.

UNAliTHORIZED I)
ISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

2

If a Receiving Party learns that, by ivadve~-tence or otherwise, it has disclosed

3 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
4 Stipulated Proteckive Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in
5 ~ writing the DesignatingParty of the unauthorized disclosures,(b) use its best efforts
6 '~ to retrieve all copies of the Protected Material,(c)inform the person or persons to
7 I!, whom unauthot~ize~~ dir,cl~slires ~N~re ~r{ i~;~e of all >he t~nn~ of tilts Order, and (d)
8 ~ request such person or ~ers~~n~, to execute the "A~kro~~vled~ment and Agreement to
9 i~ Be Bound" that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
10 1 10.

FILING PROTECTED M~'~TERLAL

11 -:'

Without written perrnissi~i~ from t ae D~~sig~nating Party or a court order

12 j' secured after appropriate 11c-tice to all iritt~rest~~~. p~e~sons, a Party inay not file in the
13 II public re~~ord ir.; phis -ctioll ~~~iy P~~t~cte~~11~2~te~-i,al. ~_ Party that seeks t~ file under
14 '~ ~I seal any Pr~~tected M~teri~l nitzst c~~m~ly «~irh Ci~~il 1,oca1 R~.~?e 79-5.
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FINAT_, DISPOSIT!~N
—
~Jr~less ~t11?p-~vi;e ordered c,r agreed its writing by the Producing Party, within

17 '~ sixty (60) ~ay~ afte~~- the final t~ri~7ination of this ~~c ior~, d~.fined as the dismissal or
18 i'~ entry ofjudgment by the district ~oui-t, ~r if an ~~ne21 is fil~,d, tre disposition of the
19 .~ appeal, each ~ cei~~i~g P~t-ty inu~,~ ~etur~~ all Pr~te~cte~~ T~Iateri ~1 to the Producing
20 ~i Party. As L<s~~ an th e suh;-li~~ision, "all Pr~tectecl'~rt<<tPrial" includes all copies,
2l I ~ abstracts, co-n~~:'~~ti~~~ns, Sumi~laries, ~r any other form of reproducing or capturing
22 ~~ any of the Pr~t~~~:+ed Mat~~ria].. 'JVath pt~rt~~.is~,ian ~r? ~Nritin~ from the Designating
23 ~ Party, the Re~;~,ivin~ P~rt~~ ma~~ dcstr~y s;T1-~~~. ~x ~~t cif *he Protected Mat~.rial instead
24 ~ of returning it. ~~'heth tic ttze Protested l~T.a~~~rial is ~eturne~d ~r destroyed., the
25 I~ Receiving Part.}~ trust s~.l~mit a «i:~ilte~ ~~~rt~fi~~tiod~ to t~~f~ Pr~~i~cing Party'(and., if
26 ~, not the same ~~~~r~oit car entity, ~o ~'~e I)~~~~,agrr~~~~~~g F~~r~~~) b~~ tl~e ~~iXty day deadline that
27 ~' ~ identifies (bar ~~at~gc~r~~a wl~e-re ap~ropri~~'~) a'? the Protected- Material that was
28 'returned or d~ tro~~~~d rind that affirms tl~~t the R~:ceivi~g party k~as not r~t~ined any
[~'_E 1~~'~1~;'~
i STIPULATE D PF~~~'r~'f
Case No.L:Y7-CV-5490 FMG~(JEM)

!~

b'e/en Lc~n,~ley~ et mil. v,s. City ofLos
~rig~les et al.

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1 copies, abstracts, compilations, stitnin~~rf~s, or other forms of reproducing or
2 capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are
3 entitled to retain an archival copy of all pl~ad~iiigs, motion papers, transcripts, legal
4 memoranda, corresponde~ice or attorney work product, even if such materials contain
5 Protected Material. Any such archival copies that co~itain or constitute Protected
6 ~{' Material reinaiii subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4
7 _~,(DURATION),abov .
8 `~ 12.

MISCE~.~<jN C OL'S

Right t4~ Furtl~ei- Rf~lief. Nothing ire ~~i~, Order abridges the right
----l0 i; of any person t~ ~e~k its i7lodi~ic~~t~on by t~~e ~'~urt ?n the f~i*ure.
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE? O~DF,R
i! Case No. 2:17-CV-05490 FMO(JEM)

~~

I~elen Langley et al. vs. City ofLos
~'~l~g~l~~5 et Ul.

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2'

12.2 Right to assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of

3 this Protective Oi•der no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
4 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
5 Stipu]ated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
6 ~,; ground to use in evidence any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
IT IS SO STIPULATED,THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
7 ~'
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T~~E 13L0+[~'VI ~~'IRM
8 '~, Dated: Octobe~~ 17, 2017
!s/ Jiv~ka Candappa

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By:

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15 ,'~ Dated: October 17, 2017
16 ~I ~
17 ~ ~
18 ~'`

Jivaka Candappa
Attorneys Plaintiffs HELEN LANGLEY;
DARRELL SMITH; DUARELL SMITH;
]~V1N ANUERSO~I; LIONELL CHISMLANULEY; WILLFREDO CHISM; L.L. and
D.L.
MIC~IAEL I~~. 1~EUE12, City Attorney
THOMAS H.PETERS,Chief Assistant City
Attorney
CfJ12Y Icy. ~BIY~~ITlE, Assistant City Attorney
/s/ Michael Amerian
By'

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---------1i~1IC~IAEL R. AIVIERIAN, Deputy City Attorney
Attof~ne>>s fo~~ Defendants CITY OF LOS
ANGELES, OFFICER GAXIOLA,OFFICER
1~EI'~~, and :~~;I~tiLAiVT SANDOZ

22
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23

ORDE1~

puRSUANT To sTiPu~~r~~r~, l"I iS SU O~EI2ED.

24 ''
25 DATED: ~~

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26
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28
~~ STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Case No. 2:17-CV-05~~90 rM0(JEIVIj

Hcr~. ~~h~~_ 1~,~ , NIcDennott
T .:ite~i S~~.tF,, N~agistrate
14

Helefz Langley et al. vs. City ofLos
~,~%gees ~- ~l.

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1

EXHIBIT A

2

ACKNOWLEDGMENT A1~rD AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
I,

3

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_sprint or

4 type full name] of
5 [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its
6 ~~~ ' entirety and understood the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United
7 ~ States District Court for the Central Dislri~t of California on __

[date]

8 ~ in the case ofl~elen Larigl.>.y et a'. vs. ~ rr`y ~~~I,os ~1,~~ e'es E~t ~1., Cage No. 2:17-CV'i
9 ~ 05490 FMO (JEM). I agree to comply v~,~ith and to be bound by all the terms of this
10 Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so
11 ;comply could expose ine t:o sanctions and puriishirent in the ~.a.t~urP of contempt. I
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12 solemnly pro~~~i~e teat I will not r~isclo~,~- in any rrianner an,~ information or item that
13 is subject to this Stipulated Protective (?vier t~~ ~t~y pe~~son ar entity except in strict
14 'I ~ compliance with tl~e provisions of this Clyder.
15 I

I further ag~~ee ~~o submit to t}le juri~~cl~ction of the L1nil:ed States District Court

6 !I, fir the C~Pntral District of C~lifr~~-~~?a for ~_h ptu~pose ~f enforcing the terms of this

l~ ~I Stipulated Pr~t~c~tive Ord~;r, cver~ if sic}~ enforc~,ir~ent pY~eceecii~ig~ occur after
18 ~ termir~_ation of this action.
19 ~

I hereby a~;a~+oi~

20 ~' type full nat~~_e~ of

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[print or

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21 ~ [print or ty~~e full ~ddr~ss end tel~rhor~~e r,~~n~ti~~~r~ ~s ray C~a=fornia agent for service
jl

22 ~': of process i~z ~ ornection a-its thi~~ ~cti~n ~r an~~ l~rc,c~eding~:~ relzte~i to enforcement
23 ~' of this Stipul~lec~ Protective girder.
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4
2 '~ ~ Date:

25 'City and State v~~he~•~ sworn aild signed: ____

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26 Printed ~lan~~:
27 ~ Signature:

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JI;
j;i STIPULA~~'ECi _~~CC7~'f LC7'I` ORD~F~
j" Case No. 2:17-CV-G5490 FMO(JEM)

15

Helen Langley et cz1. vs. City ofLos
~lrgeles ei al.