Michael Foley v. City Of Anaheim et al
Filing
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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Steve Kim. In re: Stipulation for Protective Order 13 . (mkr)
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KRISTIN A. PELLETIER, Acting City Attorney
GREGG M. AUDET (SBN 158682)
200 S. Anaheim Boulevard, Suite 356
Anaheim, California 92805
Tel: (714) 765-5169 Fax: (714) 765-5123
Attorneys for Defendants City of Anaheim
and Officer Peter Cromer
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MICHAEL FOLEY,
Plaintiff,
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Case No.:
8:17 cv-00388 AG (SKx)
Assigned to: Hon. Andrew J. Guilford
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
v.
CITY OF ANAHEIM; OFFICER
CROMER; and DOES 1 through 25,
inclusive,
Action Filed:
Trial Date:
3/3/2017
None set
Defendants.
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A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
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disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may
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be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to
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enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this
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Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to
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discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends
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only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment
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under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth
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in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them
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to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
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party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
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This action is likely to involve materials and information that were
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acquired in confidence by public employees in the course of their duties and have
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not been officially disclosed or made open or available to the public. Such
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confidential materials and information consist of, among other things: (1) law
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enforcement investigative reports and records concerning the subject incident or
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the plaintiff's prior interactions with law enforcement, which may contain personal
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contact information of third party witnesses and alleged crime victims, including
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but not limited to reports or memoranda prepared by the Anaheim Police
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Department; and (2) confidential police officer personnel and disciplinary
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materials maintained by the APD for the defendant police officers. Such
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confidential materials and information are generally unavailable to the public, and
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may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal
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statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the
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flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over
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confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the
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parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted
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reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of
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trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of
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justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the
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intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for
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tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that
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it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good
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cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.
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DEFINITIONS
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2.1 Action: this pending federal law suit.
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2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the
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designation of information or items under this Order.
2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for
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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in
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the Good Cause Statement.
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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
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items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless
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of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained
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(including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that
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are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve
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as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
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2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.
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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
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counsel.
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2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,
or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a
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party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action
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and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law
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firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
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2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and
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their support staffs).
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2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.
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2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation
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support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits
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or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or
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medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
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2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
Material from a Producing Party.
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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or
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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or
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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. Any
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use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge.
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This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations
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imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees
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otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be
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deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action,
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with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and
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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,
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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of
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time pursuant to applicable law.
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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for
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protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific
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material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party
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must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or
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oral or written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material,
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documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are
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not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited.
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Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for
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an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development
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process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
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expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that
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it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party
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must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable
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designation.
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5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for
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protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is
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disclosed or produced.
Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
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documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
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“CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
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contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page
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qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the
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protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for
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inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party
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has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced. During the
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inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for
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inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has
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identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must
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affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected
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Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for
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protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s)
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(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party
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identify the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the
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deposition all protected testimony.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary
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and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent
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place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is
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stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the
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information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable,
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shall identify the protected portion(s).
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5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive
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the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such
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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make
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reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the
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provisions of this Order.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
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designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
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Scheduling Order.
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6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be
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on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper
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purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
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parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating
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Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall
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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is
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entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the
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challenge.
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
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Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such
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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under
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the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a
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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL
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DISPOSITION).
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
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location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
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authorized under this Order.
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7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
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Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well
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as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably
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necessary to disclose the information for this Action;
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(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the
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Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(d) the court and its personnel;
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(e) court reporters and their staff;
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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
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signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the
Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing
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party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit 1 hereto; and (2)
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they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign
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the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless
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otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of
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transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected
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Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed
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to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
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PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other
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litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this
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Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
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(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
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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
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include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(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
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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in
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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which
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the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating
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Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of
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seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these
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provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in
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this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
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Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information
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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
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construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
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produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
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subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
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confidential information, then the Party shall:
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(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party
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that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
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agreement with a Non-Party;
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(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
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Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
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specific description of the information requested; and
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(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
Non-Party, if requested.
(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within
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14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving
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Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the
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discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving
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Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject
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to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the
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court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden
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and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has
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disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
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under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)
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notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its
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best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c)
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inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all
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the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the
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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit
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A.
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PROTECTED MATERIAL
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other
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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal
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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify
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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for
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production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
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502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of
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disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client
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privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement
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in the stipulated protective order submitted to the court.
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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.
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12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
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Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in
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this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
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any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
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Order.
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12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
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Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material
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may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of
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the specific Protected Material at issue. If a Party's request to file Protected
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Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the
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information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
Within 60 days after the final disposition of this Action, as defined in
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paragraph 4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the
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Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all
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Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and
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any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether
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the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a
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written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity,
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to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category,
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where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and
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(2)affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,
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compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the
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Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain
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an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing
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transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert
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reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if
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such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain
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or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth
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in Section 4 (DURATION).
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Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate
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measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
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sanctions.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD
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Dated: April 24, 2017
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By:
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KEVIN S. CONLOGUE
THE LAW OFFICE OF KEVIN S. CONLOGUE
Dated: April 24, 2017
/s/ Kevin S. Conlogue
Kevin S. Conlogue
Attorney for Plaintiff
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KRISTIN A. PELLETIER,
ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
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By:
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/s/ Gregg M. Audet
Gregg M. Audet
Deputy City Attorney
Attorneys for Defendants
FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: May 2, 2017
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The Honorable Steve Kim
United States Magistrate Judge
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EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, __________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print
or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its
entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the
United States District Court for the Central District of California on ________
[date] in the case of Michael Foley v. City of Anaheim, et al., USDC case no. 8:17
cv-00388 AG (SKx). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of
this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to
so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of
contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any
information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any
person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. I
further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
termination of this action.
Date: ______________________________________
City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
Printed name: _______________________________
Signature: _______________________________
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