Jones et al v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation et al
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PROTECTIVE ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 6/27/14. (Kastilahn, A)
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KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672
Attorney General of California
SUSAN E. SLAGER, State Bar No. 162942
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
NOREEN P. SKELLY, State Bar No. 186135
Deputy Attorney General
WILLIAM H. DOWNER, State Bar No. 257644
Deputy Attorney General
1300 I Street, Suite 125
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
Telephone: (916) 324-5331
Fax: (916) 327-0349
E-mail: Noreen.Skelly@doj.ca.gov
Attorneys for Defendants
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SACRAMENTO DIVISION
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JANELLE JONES, et al.,
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2:12-cv-02181 TLN CKD
Plaintiffs, [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER
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v.
Action Filed: August 21, 2012
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MATTHEW CATES, et al.,
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Defendants.
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Pursuant to Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and it appearing that
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discovery in this action will involve the disclosure of confidential information, it is hereby
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stipulated by and between Plaintiffs Janelle Jones and T.J., a minor (Plaintiffs) and Defendants
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Mathew Cate (named erroneously as “Matthew Cates”), Michael McDonald, Ed Simmerson, and
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John McClellan (Defendants), collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually referred to
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as “Party,” through their respective counsel, and ordered that the following Protective Order be
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entered to give effect to the terms and conditions set forth below:
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2.
“Designating Party” means any one of the Parties producing Documents or
information under this Protective Order.
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3.
“Document” or “Documents” shall have the broadest meaning permitted under
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Rules 26 and 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 1001 of the Federal Rules of
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Evidence, and relevant case law.
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“Protected Information” includes the following categories of information, and
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shall include Documents produced during discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses to
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requests for admissions, depositions, hearing or trial transcripts, and tangible things, the
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information contained therein, and all copies, abstracts, excerpts, analyses, or other writings that
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contain, reflect, or disclose such information.
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A.
“CONFIDENTIAL” designates information that a Designating Party reasonably
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believes to be confidential due to safety or security reasons, that is not readily available to the
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public, and/or the disclosure of which is likely to result in imminent or substantial endangerment
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to an inmate or CDCR employee.
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B.
“REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” designates information that is protected
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against disclosure by applicable privacy laws, including, for example, social security numbers and
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bank account numbers. Each redaction must be identified by showing what information has been
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redacted (i.e., “social security number,” “bank account number”). Other than information
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protected against disclosure by applicable privacy laws, no other information shall be redacted.
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C.
The designation of information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED &
CONFIDENTIAL” is limited to information falling into one or more of the following categories:
i.
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Prison or CDCR policies, operational procedures, rules, or regulations that
have previously been designated as confidential;
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ii.
personnel documents;
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iii.
post orders;
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investigation documents;
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documents contained in the central prison file, medical file, or parole files
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of an inmate or former inmate;
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any personal information regarding an inmate, former inmate, or staff
member employed or formerly employed by the CDCR;
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vii.
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information regarding the identity of a confidential informant and
confidential investigations; and
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viii.
the information addressed in Eastern District of California Local Rule 39-
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140, including minors’ names, financial account numbers, social security
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numbers, and dates of birth.
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However, information falling within these categories does not, solely by virtue of that fact,
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merit designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL.” Such
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information must also meet the criteria described in Paragraphs 4.A and 4.B, respectively, to
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merit those designations.
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D.
“CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” information may be
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shown to or shared with those within the law enforcement community who are currently
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permitted to see similar information in the ordinary course of their employment (for example,
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CDCR employees, lawyers and investigators with the office of a district attorney, and employees
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of a federal law enforcement department or agency such as the FBI, ATF, or the United States
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Attorneys’ office) provided that such person (i) reviews this Protective Order and (ii) completes
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and signs the Certification attached to this Protective Order as Exhibit A.
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E.
To the extent a party desires to show information designated as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” to a non-party witness other than
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one identified in Paragraph 4.D. above, such party must first redact all inmate names, nicknames,
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and inmate numbers. The cost of such redaction efforts shall be borne by the party that desires to
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show the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” information to such non-
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party witness. Such non-party witness may then be provided with the redacted (or further
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redacted) “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” information only after
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such person (i) reviews this Protective Order and (ii) completes and signs the Certification
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attached to this Protective Order as Exhibit A.
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F.
Protected Information shall not include: (i) information that is in the public
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domain at the time of disclosure; (ii) information that after disclosure is published or becomes
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part of the public domain through no fault or action (in whole or in part) of any Party receiving
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information under this Protective Order, but only after it is published or comes into the public
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domain; (iii) information that is in the possession of a Party receiving such information without
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any confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure; or (iv) information disclosed by a third
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party without any confidentiality obligations at the time of disclosure.
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This Protective Order shall apply to all Protected Information exchanged by any
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Party, including, without limitation, Documents, things, other discovery materials, transcripts,
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depositions, testimony, or other papers produced, filed, generated, or served by a Party in this
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litigation.
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All Protected Information produced and designated as confidential hereunder shall
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have stamped or affixed on each page that contains Protected Information the appropriate
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confidentiality classification—either “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL”
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— and the designation “Case No. 2:12-CV-02181-TLN-CKD (E.D. Cal.)” at the time such
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materials, or copies thereof, are delivered to the receiving Party, or within ten (10) court days
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thereafter in the event such labeling or marking is inadvertently omitted. Until ten (10) court days
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have elapsed after receipt, the reviewing Party will treat Documents and things that have been
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received and that have not been designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED &
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CONFIDENTIAL” as if they had been designated with the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED
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& CONFIDENTIAL” classification. The parties will use due care to designate as Protected
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Information only Documents or other materials that truly encompass such information.
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Protected Information that has been classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
“REDACTED & CONFIDENTIAL” may be disclosed only to the following:
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outside counsel for the receiving Party and their clerical and paralegal staffs and
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litigation support providers (for example, outside copy services, coding and imaging vendors,
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graphic art and visual aid providers, or jury consultants) whose duties and responsibilities require
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access to Protected Information;
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B.
Plaintiffs and Defendants;
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experts and consultants who are requested by counsel of the receiving Party to
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furnish technical, legal, expert, or other specialized services in connection with this litigation;
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an officer before whom a deposition is taken, including stenographic reporters and
any necessary secretarial, clerical, or other lay personnel of such officer; and
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any other person to whom the parties agree in writing or as allowed by the Court.
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No Protected Information shall be provided to any person covered by subparts B
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and C of Paragraph 7 until each such person has been provided with a copy of this Protective
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Order, reviewed it, and signed the Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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Designations of Discovery
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A.
Depositions may be designated as Protected Information in accordance with this
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Order: (a) in the course of the deposition, orally on the record; or (b) by notifying the other Party
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in writing, within ten (10) court days of receipt of the transcript by the parties, of the pages and
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lines of the transcript that contain the Protected Information.
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B.
Answers to interrogatories and requests for admission may also be designated
confidential by marking the Documents in a manner described in Paragraph 6 of this Order.
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C.
Notwithstanding Paragraph 7 above, other persons may be shown a specific item
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of “Protected Information” of the producing Party if such persons are either past or present
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employees of the producing Party or identified in that specific item, or on any attachment thereto,
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as being the author, or as having previously received a copy of an exact duplicate of said specific
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item.
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Documents Available for Inspection and Copying
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A.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 6, all Documents and things that are
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produced for initial inspection prior to copying and delivery shall presumptively be considered to
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be designated Protected Information marked with the “CONFIDENTIAL” classification and shall
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be produced for inspection only by persons representing the receiving Party who then fall within
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at least one of the categories permitted under Paragraph 7 above.
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B.
At the initial inspection of Documents and things, the receiving Party shall not
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make copies of the Documents made available for inspection, and if notes are made therefrom
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other than a list identifying Documents or things to be copied or otherwise furnished, the notes
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shall be treated as Protected Information marked with the “CONFIDENTIAL” classification.
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C.
After the receiving Party has selected Documents or things for copying, they shall
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promptly be sequentially numbered (if not already done), copied, and the copies delivered to the
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receiving Party by the producing Party (with the receiving Party paying only for the costs of its
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copy set and delivery of such set). Before copies are delivered to the receiving Party, counsel for
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the producing Party shall designate and mark each page of the Documents and things with the
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appropriate confidentiality classification — either “CONFIDENTIAL” or “REDACTED &
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CONFIDENTIAL” — and with the litigation case number (“Case No. 2:12-CV-02181-TLN-
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CKD (E.D. Cal.)”) if and to the extent appropriate in accordance with Paragraph 6 of this
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Protective Order. Copies of Documents and things delivered to the receiving Party and not so
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marked shall be considered thereafter to be outside the restrictions imposed by this Protective
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Order, except as provided in Paragraph 6.
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Compliance With Civil Local Rule 141
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A.
All deposition transcripts, exhibits, answers to interrogatories, and other
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Documents that have previously been designated by a Party as comprising or containing Protected
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Information, or any pleading, brief, or memorandum purporting to reproduce or paraphrase such
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material, shall be lodged with the Court for filing in accordance with Gen. L.R. 141.
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B.
The confidential portions of Documents and things that are accepted for filing
under seal by the Court shall be treated in accordance with Gen. L.R. 141.
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If the receiving Party disagrees with the confidential or redacted status of any
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Document or other material, or if the receiving Party disagrees with the level of confidentiality
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classification, the receiving Party will notify and confer with the producing Party to request
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reclassification of the Document or material. If no agreement has been reached within ten (10)
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court days of such notification or a later date if agreed to in writing by the parties, the receiving
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Party may thereafter make a request of the Court for an order reclassifying the confidentiality
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designation and/or removing such Document or other material from the restrictions of this Order.
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If such a request is made, the Party seeking to maintain a confidentiality classification bears the
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burden of establishing that the restrictions of this Order apply to such Protected Information.
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13.
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Nothing in this Protective Order shall in and of itself require disclosure of information that
Privileged Information
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is protected by the attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or any other privilege,
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doctrine, or immunity, nor does this Protective Order result in any Party giving up its right to
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argue that otherwise privileged documents must be produced due to waiver or for any other
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reason.
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If Protected Information produced in accordance with this Order is disclosed to
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any person other than in the manner authorized by this Order, the Party responsible for the
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disclosure shall immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of
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all counsel of record and, without prejudice to other rights and remedies available to the
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producing Party, make every effort to obtain the return of the disclosed Protected Information and
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prevent further disclosure of it by the person who was the recipient of such information.
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Unless otherwise agreed or ordered by the Court, within ninety (90) calendar days
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after the termination of this Action, Case No. 2:12-CV-02181-TLN-CKD (E.D. Cal.), including
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any and all appeals therefrom, attorneys for the receiving Party shall destroy all Protected
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Information received from the other parties to this litigation or third parties hereunder, and
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provide the other parties with written verification of such destruction. Notwithstanding this
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provision, outside counsel for each Party may maintain for archival purposes one copy of all
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pleadings, transcripts, exhibits and written discovery responses, including portions designated
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under this Protective Order. Prompt written notice shall be given to a Party who produced
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Protected Information hereunder if that Party’s Protected Information is sought by any person not
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a party to this litigation, by subpoena in another action, or by service with any legal process. Any
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person seeking such Protected Information who takes action to enforce such subpoena or other
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legal process shall be apprised of this Order.
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This Order may be changed only by the written agreement of the parties or further
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order of the Court, and is without prejudice to the rights of a Party to seek relief from or variation
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of any of its provisions.
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Subject to Paragraph 15 above, the remaining provisions of this Order, including
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the obligations to maintain confidentiality embodied herein, shall survive the final disposition of
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this litigation and continue in full force and effect.
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Dated: June 25, 2014
Respectfully Submitted,
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KAMALA D. HARRIS
Attorney General of California
SUSAN E. SLAGER
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
NOREEN P. SKELLY
Deputy Attorney General
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By: /s/
William H. Downer
Deputy Attorney General
Attorneys for Defendants
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Dated: June 25, 2014
TRON & TRON
Lanny M. Tron
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By: /s/
Lanny M. Tron
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Janelle Jones and
T.J., a minor
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Dated: June 25, 2014
LAW OFFICES OF MARK PACHOWICZ
Mark R. Pachowicz
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By: /s/
Mark R. Pachowicz
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs Janelle Jones and
T.J., a minor
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 27, 2014
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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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EXHIBIT A
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CERTIFICATION
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I, __________________________________, residing at
________________________________, ___________________________, being duly sworn
according to law, state as follows:
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I understand that information or Documents designated “Protected Information”
will be provided to me in accordance with the terms, conditions, and restrictions of the Protective
Order dated __________________, entered in the lawsuit styled Jones v. Cates, et al., United
States District Court, Eastern District of California, Civil Action No. 2:12-CV-02181-TLN-CKD
(“the Litigation”);
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2.
I have been given a copy of and have read and understand the Protective Order,
and I hereby agree to be bound by its terms;
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I further agree that I shall not disclose to others, except in accordance with the
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terms and conditions of the Protective Order, such Protected Information and that such Protected
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Information shall be used only for the purpose of the Litigation;
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4.
I further understand that my obligation to honor the confidentiality of such
Protected Information will continue even after the Litigation terminates’
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I further agree and attest to my understanding that, in the event that I fail to abide
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by the terms of the Protective Order, I may be subject to sanctions imposed by the Court for such
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a failure, including sanctions by way of contempt of court, and a claim for damages by the party
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producing the Protected Information disclosed to me;
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6.
For purposes of enforcing this Protective Order, I hereby consent to the
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jurisdiction of the federal courts and state courts in California, and agree that service by mail or
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personal service of any notice, order, or proceeding in connection therewith shall be valid service
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upon me;
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7.
I certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true and correct under
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penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California.
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Executed on: __________________
By: __________________________________
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