Azevedo v. City of Fresno et al

Filing 13

PROTECTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING LIMITED DISCLOSURE CONFIDENTIAL FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 9/8/2009. (Hernandez, M)

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Rosemary T. McGuire, Esq. Bar No. 172549 James D. Weakley, Esq. Bar No. 082853
WEAKLEY, ARENDT, MCGUIRE, LLP 1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176 Fresno, California 93710 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF FRESNO, CITY OF FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT and OFFICER CARR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA LAWRENCE AZEVEDO, ) ) Plaintiff ) ) vs. ) ) CITY OF FRESNO, CITY OF FRESNO ) POLICE DEPARTMENT and OFFICER ) KARR, and DOES 1 to 10, Inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________ ) CASE NO. 1:09-CV-00375 AWI DLB STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING LIMITED DISCLOSURE CONFIDENTIAL FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS

Complaint Filed: 12/30/08

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties, through their respective counsel, and ordered by this Court, that the following documents will be disclosed pursuant to this stipulation and protective order: 1. Fresno Police Department Standing Orders 2.5.2 (Use of Force), 2.5.8 (ElectroMuscular Disruption Devices), 2.5.9 (Field Contacts), 2.5.10 (Force Options and Training) and 3.6.6 (Towing and Impounding Vehicles). 2. Fresno Police Department Training Materials and Course Outlines regarding Use of Force, including use of Electronic Weapons/Tasers; and Warrantless Entry/Legal Update. 3. Fresno Police Department Internal Affairs investigation file No. 2007-0149.

The above-named documents which are maintained by the Fresno City Police Department and requested by plaintiff through discovery, may be disclosed to counsel for the parties pursuant ____________________________
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to the protective order detailed below. The documents requested by plaintiff contain information which the City of Fresno deems confidential. The release of these documents pursuant to this Stipulation and Protective Order does not waive the confidentiality privilege protecting the abovenamed document from general disclosure. Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED: 1. The "Confidential" documents shall be used solely in connection with this litigation

in the preparation and trial of this case, or any related proceeding, and not for any other purpose or in any other litigation. The party producing the documents described above may designate them by affixing a mark labeling the documents as "Confidential - Subject to Protective Order" provided that such marking does not obscure or obliterate the content of any document. In the event an issue arises regarding a document's designation, the parties will attempt to resolve it informally before seeking the Court's intervention. 2. The documents identified in this protective order may be disclosed only to the

following persons: a) the counsel for any party to this action; b) paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel regularly employed by counsel referred to in (a); c) court personnel including stenographic reporters engaged in proceedings as are necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial of this action; d) any outside expert or consultant retained in connection with this action and not otherwise employed by either party; e) any in-house expert designated by defendants to testify at trial in this matter; f) witnesses may have the information disclosed to them during deposition proceedings; the witnesses shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph 3; g) the finder of fact at the time of trial subject to the court's rulings on in limine motions and objections of counsel; 3. Each person to whom the "confidential" documents or any portion thereof is

provided, with the exception of counsel who are presumed to know of the contents of this protective ____________________________
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order shall, prior to the time of disclosure, be provided by the person furnishing him/her such information, a copy of this order, and shall agree on the record or in writing that he/she has read the protective order and that he/she understands the provisions of the protective order. Such person must also consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California with respect to any proceeding related to enforcement of this order, including without limitation, any proceeding for contempt. Plaintiff's counsel shall be responsible for internally tracking the identities of those individuals to whom copies of documents marked "Confidential" are given. The defendants may not request the identities of said individuals, however, until the final termination of the litigation or if defendants, in good faith, are able to demonstrate that Plaintiff, or an agent thereof, has breached the Stipulated Protective Order. Provisions of this order insofar as they restrict disclosure and use of the material shall be in effect until further order of this Court. Should the case proceed to trial, the designation and treatment of the confidential information will be revisited. 4. Confidential information and/or documents that a party intends to use in support of

or in opposition to a pre-trial filing with the Court must be filed in accordance with the Eastern District of California Local Rules relating to under seal filings. Any document filed with the Court that includes confidential information shall be submitted under sealed label with a cover sheet as follows: "This document is subject to a protective order issued by the Court and may not be copied or examined except in compliance with that order." If the Court Orders that the document be seal filed under seal then such document shall be kept by the Court under seal and made available only to the Court or counsel. 5. Should any document designated confidential be disclosed, through inadvertence or

otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order, the disclosing person(s) shall promptly (a) inform the City of Fresno of the recipient(s) and the circumstances of the unauthorized disclosure to the relevant producing person(s) and (b) use best efforts to bind the recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order. No information shall lose its confidential status because it was disclosed to a person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order. 6. After the conclusion of this litigation, the documents, in whatever form stored or 3

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reproduced, containing "confidential" information will remain confidential, and if filed with the Court, shall remain under seal. All parties also ensure that all persons to whom "confidential" documents were disclosed shall return the documents to counsel for the producing party. The conclusion of this litigation means termination of the case following applicable post-trial motions, appeal and/or retrial. After the conclusion of this litigation, all confidential documents received under the provisions of this Protective Order, including all copies made, shall be tendered back to the attorneys for the defendants in a manner in which the City of Fresno will be able to reasonably identify that all documents were returned.

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: September 2, 2009 WEAKLEY, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

By: 15 16 17 18 19 By: 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ____________________________
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/s/ Rosemary T. McGuire Rosemary T. McGuire Attorney for Defendants

DATED: September 2, 2009 LAW OFFICES OF DALE K. GALIPO

/s/ Dale K. Galipo Dale K. Galipo Attorneys for Plaintiff

Dated: 3b142a

September 8, 2009

/s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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