United States of America v. $548,937.00 in U.S. Currency

Filing 22

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Arthur Nakazato re Stipulation for Protective Order 21 . (nbo)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WESTERN DIVISION
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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$548,937.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY,

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SACV 13-00786 CAS (ANx)

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Defendant.

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ISMATULLA NOORY AND LINA NOORY, )
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Claimants.

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The Court having reviewed and considered the Stipulation

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Re: Protective Order filed by the parties in this matter on

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September 20, 2013, and good cause appearing, the Court finds

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and ORDERS as follows:

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1.

On May 17, 2013, the government filed a complaint for

forfeiture.

On June 20, 2013, claimants filed a claim to the

defendant $548,937.00 in U.S. Currency.
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The discovery that the government intends to produce

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to claimants in this matter includes personal identification
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information for others, including but not limited to names,

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Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, driver's license

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numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and other similar information

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(collectively "profile information").

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3.

Only claimants' counsel and claimants' counsel's

employees and retained experts may review the unredacted
discovery, including profile information, in preparation for
trial and they may not use the unredacted profile information or

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any portion thereof except for the specific purpose of preparing
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or presenting a defense in this matter.

Unredacted profile

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information produced to claimants' counsel shall be stored in a
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secure manner.
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Claimants may review unredacted profile in claimants'

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counsel's office or the courthouse and only in the presence of

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claimants' counsel and/or claimants' counsel's agents.

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Claimants may not possess or in any way make a copy of any

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unredacted profile information at any time.

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take or remove from claimants' counsel's office or the

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courthouse unredacted profile information.

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Claimants may not

No one other than claimants' counsel, claimants'

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counsel's employees or retained experts, may review or possess a

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copy of any unredacted profile information at any time.

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claimants' counsel deems it appropriate or necessary for a

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claimant to receive some or all of the profile information in

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this case, claimants' counsel may, without further Order of the
Court, provide only redacted portions of the profile

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information, where an Assistant United States Attorney or the

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Court approves the redactions.

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Protective Order by claimants, their respective attorneys, or

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others may result in contempt of court proceedings or other

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civil or criminal sanctions.

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A willful violation of this

Within 60 days of the conclusion of this matter,

claimants' counsel, claimants' counsel's employees, and any

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retained experts, must either:

(1) return all documents

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containing profile information to the government, as well as all
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copies, and all notes, memoranda or other documents containing
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profile information obtained from documents produced in
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discovery, or (2) destroy the documents containing profile
information and certify in writing to counsel for the government
that the documents have been destroyed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED:September 23, 2013
THE HONORABLE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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