Sanchez v. State of California et al

Filing 39

PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 7/23/2014. (Hernandez, M)

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PAMELA Y. PRICE, ESQ. (State Bar No. 107713)
LAW OFFICES OF PAMELA Y. PRICE
A Professional Law Corporation
901 Clay Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
IRMA B. SANCHEZ

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IRMA B. SANCHEZ,

1:12-cv-01835-AWI-SAB

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Plaintiff, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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v.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SYDNEY
SMYTH, and DOES 1 THROUGH 15, in
their individual capacities,

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Defendants.

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In order to protect the confidentiality of confidential information obtained by the parties in
connection with this case, the parties hereby agree as follows:
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Any party or non-party may designate as “confidential” (by stamping the relevant

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page or as otherwise set forth herein) any document or response to discovery which that party or

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non-party considers in good faith to contain information involving employment information,

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medical information, private thoughts, private communications between family members or

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confidential financial information, subject to protection under the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure or California law. Where a document or response consists of more than one page, the

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first page and each page on which confidential information appears shall be so designated.

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A party or non-party may designate information disclosed during a deposition or in

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response to written discovery as “confidential” by so indicating in said responses or on the record

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at the deposition and requesting the preparation of a separate transcript of such material.

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Additionally, a party or non-party may designate in writing, within twenty (20) days after receipt

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of said responses or of the deposition transcript for which the designation is proposed, that

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specific pages of the transcript and/or specific responses be treated as “confidential” information.

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Any other party may object to such proposal, in writing or on the record. Upon such objection,

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the parties shall follow the procedures described in paragraph 8 below. After any designation

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made according to the procedure set forth in this paragraph, the designated documents or

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information shall be treated according to the designation until the matter is resolved according to

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the procedures described in paragraph 8 below, and counsel for all parties shall be responsible for

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marking all previously unmarked copies of the designated material in their possession or control

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with the specified designation.

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3.

Any party may designate Information as “Highly Confidential Information –

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Attorneys Eyes Only” under the terms of this order. “Highly Confidential Information –

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Attorneys Eyes Only” is information which, according to a party, is of an unusually confidential

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or proprietary nature. “Highly Confidential Information – Attorneys Eyes Only” is information

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which is only for the eyes of counsel, its legal assistants and its legal staff, as well as the Court,

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and shall not be disclosed to a party or to an officer, director, or employee of a party unless such

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disclosure is agreed to by all parties hereto in writing or ordered by the Court.

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All information produced or exchanged in the course of this case (other than

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information that is publicly available) shall be used by the party or parties to whom the

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information is produced solely for the purpose of this case.

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Except with the prior written consent of the other parties, or upon prior order of this

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Court obtained upon notice to opposing counsel, Confidential Information shall not be disclosed

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to any person other than: (a) counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including in-

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house counsel and co-counsel retained for this litigation; (b) employees of such counsel;

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(c) individual defendants, class representatives, any officer or employee of a party, to the extent
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deemed necessary by counsel for the prosecution or defense of this litigation; (d) consultants or

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expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this litigation, provided that each such

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person shall execute a copy of the Certification annexed to this Order (which shall be retained by

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counsel to the party so disclosing the Confidential Information and made available for inspection

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by opposing counsel during the pendency or after the termination of the action only upon good

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cause shown and upon order of the Court) before being shown or given any Confidential

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Information; (e) any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information; (f) the Court, court

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personnel, and court reporters; and (g) witnesses (other than persons described in paragraph 4(e)).

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A witness shall sign the Certification before being shown a confidential document. Confidential

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Information may be disclosed to a witness who will not sign the Certification only in a deposition

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at which the party who designated the Confidential Information is represented or has been given

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notice that Confidential Information produced by the party may be used. At the request of any

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party, the portion of the deposition transcript involving the Confidential Information shall be

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designated “Confidential” pursuant to paragraph 2 above. Witnesses shown Confidential

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Information shall not be allowed to retain copies.

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Any persons receiving Confidential Information shall not reveal or discuss such

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information to or with any person who is not entitled to receive such information, except as set

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forth herein.

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A party seeking to file a document under seal must seek authorization of the Court in

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accordance with Civil Local Rule 141. No document shall be filed under seal except pursuant to

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a court order that authorizes the sealing of the particular document or portion thereof and is

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narrowly tailored to seal only that material for which good cause to seal has been established.

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Only those documents, pages or, if practicable, those portions of documents or pages, which

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contain the information requiring confidentiality shall be sealed.

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For applications and motions to the Court on which a party submits Confidential

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Information, all documents and chamber copies containing Confidential Information which are

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submitted to the Court shall be filed with the Court in sealed envelopes or other appropriate

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sealed containers. On the outside of the envelopes, a copy of the first page of the document shall
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be attached. If Confidential Information is included in the first page attached to the outside of the

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envelopes, it may be deleted from the outside copy. The word “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be

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stamped on the envelope and a statement substantially in the following form shall also be printed

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on the envelope: This envelope is sealed pursuant to Order of the Court, contains Confidential

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Information and is not to be opened or the contents revealed, except by Order of the Court or

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agreement by the parties.

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A party may designate as “Confidential” documents or discovery materials produced

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by a non-party by providing written notice to all parties of the relevant document numbers or

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other identification within thirty (30) days after receiving such documents or discovery materials.

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Any party or non-party may voluntarily disclose to others without restriction any information

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designated by that party or non-party as confidential, although a document may lose its

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confidential status if it is made public.

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If a party contends that any material is not entitled to confidential treatment, such

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party may at any time give written notice to the party or non-party who designated the material.

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The party or non-party who designated the material shall have twenty-five (25) days from the

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receipt of such written notice to apply to the Court for an order designating the material as

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confidential. The party or non-party seeking the order has the burden of establishing that the

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document is entitled to protection.

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Notwithstanding any challenge to the designation of material as Confidential

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Information, all documents shall be treated as such and shall be subject to the provisions hereof

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unless and until one of the following occurs: (a) the party or non-party who claims that the

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material is Confidential Information withdraws such designation in writing; or (b) the party or

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non-party who claims that the material is Confidential Information fails to apply to the Court for

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an order designating the material confidential within the time period specified above after receipt

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of a written challenge to such designation; or (c) the Court rules the material is not Confidential

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Information.

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All provisions of this Order restricting the communication or use of Confidential

Information shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise
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agreed or ordered. Upon conclusion of the litigation, a party in the possession of Confidential

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Information, other than that which is contained in pleadings, correspondence, and deposition

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transcripts, shall either: (a) return such documents no later than thirty (30) days after conclusion

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of this action to counsel for the party or non-party who provided such information; or (b) destroy

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such documents within the time period upon consent of the party who provided the information

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and certify in writing within thirty (30) days that the documents have been destroyed.

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The terms of this Order do not preclude, limit, restrict, or otherwise apply to the use

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of documents at trial. This Stipulation shall have no application to trial, or the presentation of

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evidence at trial in this matter. Should either party deem a protective order necessary at the time

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of trial, they may enter into an agreement or move the Court for an appropriate order.
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This Stipulation is made without prejudice to the right of any party to seek an Order

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from the Court modifying or limiting any designation of information or documents as

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confidential, or otherwise modifying this Stipulation and Protective Order in any way with

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respect to any specified materials after forty-eight (48) hours written notice to the opposing party.

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Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any applicable privilege or work product

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protection, or to affect the ability of a party to seek relief for an inadvertent disclosure of material

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protected by privilege or work product protection.

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Each category of information proposed to be covered by this Order implicates the

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private personal information of one of the parties, both of whom are sworn peace officers with

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particular concerns about their safety and privacy.

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The following categories of information may be designated as confidential and

qualify for protections under this stipulation:
i. “Personnel records” as that term is defined in California Penal Code section 832.8;
ii. Personal information regarding an inmate, former inmate, or employee or former
employee of CDCR;
iii. Medical and mental health records and information; and
iv. Information subject to protection under Eastern District of California Local Rules 140,
141, and 141.1.
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Any witness or other person, firm or entity from which discovery is sought may be

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informed of and may obtain the protection of this Order by written advice to the parties’

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respective counsel or by oral advice at the time of any deposition or similar proceeding.

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Dated: July 21, 2014

LAW OFFICES OF PAMELA Y. PRICE
/s/ Pamela Y. Price
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PAMELA Y. PRICE, Attorneys for Plaintiff
IRMA B. SANCHEZ

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Dated: July 21, 2014

Respectfully submitted,

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KAMALA D. HARRIS
Attorney General of California
SCOTT H. WYCKOFF
Supervising Deputy Attorney General

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/s/ Matthew T. Besmer

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MATTHEW T. BESMER
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
STATE OF CALIFORNIA and
SYDNEY SMITH

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ORDER
The foregoing Stipulation is approved and IT IS SO ORDERED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

July 23, 2014
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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