The opinion
1 JON A. HEABERLIN (SBN 199810)
RANKIN | STOCK | HEABERLIN | ONEAL
2 96 No. Third Street, Suite 500
San Jose, California 95112-7709
3 Telephone: (408) 293-0463
Facsimile: (408) 293-9514
4 Email: jon@rankinstock.com
5 Attorneys for COUNTY OF TRINITY,
CORPORAL RON WHITMAN
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BENJAMIN MAINZER (SBN 257748)
7 Reiner, Slaughter, Mainzer & Frankel, LLP
804 Third Street
8 Eureka, California 95501
Telephone: (707) 445-7917
9 Facsimile: (707) 443-0442
Email: bmainzer@reinerslaughter.com
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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14 JAMES GUND and NORMA GUND, ) No. 2:13-cv-0452 TLN DB
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15 Plaintiffs, ) STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
FOR STANDARD LITIGATION
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v. )
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COUNTY OF TRINITY, California, a )
18 governmental entity; CORPORAL RON )
WHITMAN, SHERIFF BRUCE HANEY, )
19 DOES 1-40, inclusive, )
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20 Defendants.
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22 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
23 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of
24 confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public
25 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.
26 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated
27 Protective Order in accordance with local rules 141 and 141.1. The parties acknowledge that this
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1 Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the
2 protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or
3 items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties
4 further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does
5 not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the
6 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks
7 permission from the court to file material under seal.
8 2. DEFINITIONS
9 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of
10 information or items under this Order.
11 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is
12 generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule
13 of Civil Procedure 26(c).
14 2.2(b) “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” information or items: means a subset of
15 “CONFIDENTIAL” information (see Section 2.2) whose disclosure to another Party or non-party
16 would create a substantial risk of injury or damage by the disclosure of confidential or personal
17 information, and where such disclosure therefore requires more stringent protection than that
18 provided for “CONFIDENTIAL” information and whose protection cannot be provided by less
19 restrictive means.
20 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as
21 well as their support staff).
22 2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it
23 produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS
24 EYES ONLY.”
25 2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the
26 medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things,
27 testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or
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1 responses to discovery in this matter.
2 2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to
3 the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a
4 consultant in this action.
5 2.7 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House
6 Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
7 2.8 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal
8 entity not named as a Party to this action.
9 2.9 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this
10 action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action
11 on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party.
12 2.10 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees,
13 consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
14 2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery
15 Material in this action.
16 2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services
17 (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and
18 organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and
19 subcontractors.
20 2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as
21 “CONFIDENTIAL” as well as any materials falling under California Penal Code Section
22 832.7(a). This includes, but is not limited to, the personnel records of peace officers and custodial
23 officers and records maintained by any state or local agency pursuant to Section 832.5, or
24 information obtained from these records. Protected materials would also include confidential
25 witness information, the medical and mental health information of the Plaintiffs, as well as law
26 enforcement investigatory materials relating to, for example, the murders of Kristine Constantino
27 and Christopher Richardson. The parties agree that these information and documents contain
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1 particularly sensitive entries which require the protection of a Court Order.
2 2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a
3 Producing Party.
4 3. SCOPE
5 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material
6 (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2)
7 all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony,
8 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
9 However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following
10 information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a
11 Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a
12 result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public
13 record through trial or otherwise; (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the
14 disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the
15 information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party and (c)
16 any information stated in California Penal Code Section 832.7(b)(1). Any use of Protected
17 Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.
18 4. DURATION
19 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this
20 Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order
21 otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims
22 and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the
23 completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action,
24 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to
25 applicable law.
26 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
27 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party
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1 or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to
2 limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The
3 Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or
4 oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents,
5 items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within
6 the ambit of this Order.
7 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are
8 shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to
9 unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary
10 expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.
11 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated
12 for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other
13 Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.
14 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order
15 (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,
16 Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so
17 designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
18 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
19 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but
20 excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party
21 affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” OR “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” to each page that
22 contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for
23 protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making
24 appropriate markings in the margins).
25 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection
26 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material
27 it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the
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1 material made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting
2 Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
3 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then,
4 before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL”
5 legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material
6 on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected
7 portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
8 (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the
9 Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other
10 proceeding, all protected testimony.
11 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other
12 tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container
13 or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” OR
14 “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant
15 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).
16 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to
17 designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s
18 right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a
19 designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated
20 in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
21 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
22 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of
23 confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality
24 designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic
25 burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to
26 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the
27 original designation is disclosed.
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1 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution
2 process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis
3 for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written
4 notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this
5 specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in
6 good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other
7 forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In
8 conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality
9 designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the
10 designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to
11 explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of
12 the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that
13 the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely
14 manner.
15 6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court
16 intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under
17 Civil Local Rule 141 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 251, if applicable) within 21 days
18 of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer
19 process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be
20 accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet
21 and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to
22 make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable)
23 shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In
24 addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any
25 time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition
26 transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be
27 accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet
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1 and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.
2 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating
3 Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose
4 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to
5 sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to
6 file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the
7 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s
8 designation until the court rules on the challenge.
9 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
10 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or
11 produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,
12 defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to
13 the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. A Receiving Party may
14 not disclose the contents of any Protected Material to anyone who does not otherwise qualify for
15 receipt of Protected Material under Section 7.2 or 7.2(b). Such prohibition on disclosure includes
16 the making of an oral statement or other communication with reveals the substance of the
17 Protected Material, or any part thereof. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party
18 must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
19 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in
20 a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
21 7.2(a) Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered
22 by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, any information or item designated
23 “CONFIDENTIAL” may be produced only to the following:
24 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees
25 of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information
26 for this litigation;
27 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving
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1 Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;
2 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is
3 reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
4 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
5 (d) the court and its personnel;
6 (e) court reporters and their staff;
7 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably
8 necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A),
9 unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
10 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately
11 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this
12 Stipulated Protective Order.
13 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or
14 other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
15 (h) the named parties in this litigation;
16 (i) Any claims administrator, insurance adjuster, or other risk management person who
17 provides claims administrative services to the County of Trinity, or is employed by an insurance
18 company that has policies that apply, or potentially apply, to cover the County of Trinity or its
19 employees for the claims being made in this litigation, and who have signed the Acknowledgment
20 and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A).
21 7.2(b) Disclosure of “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” Information or Items. Unless
22 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, any information
23 or item designated “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” may be produced only to the following:
24 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees
25 of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information
26 for this litigation;
27 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving
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1 Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;
2 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is
3 reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
4 Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
5 (d) the court and its personnel;
6 (e) court reporters and their staff,;
7 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably
8 necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A),
9 unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
10 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately
11 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this
12 Stipulated Protective Order.
13 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or
14 other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
15 (h) Any claims administrator, insurance adjuster, or other risk management person who
16 provides claims administrative services to the County of Trinity, or is employed by an insurance
17 company that has policies that apply, or potentially apply, to cover the County of Trinity or its
18 employees for the claims being made in this litigation, and who have signed the Acknowledgment
19 and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A).
20 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER
21 LITIGATION
22 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels
23 disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
24 “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY,” that Party must:
25 (a) Promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a
26 copy of the subpoena or court order;
27 (b) Promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the
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1 other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this
2 Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
3 (c) Cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the
4 Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
5 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena
6 or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL”
7 OR “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena
8 or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating
9 Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential
10 material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a
11 Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
12 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS
13 LITIGATION
14 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this
15 action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” OR “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY”. Such
16 information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
17 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as
18 prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
19 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-
20 Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the
21 Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall:
22 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or
23 all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
24 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order
25 in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the
26 information requested; and
27 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.
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1 (c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14
2 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the
3 Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely
4 seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or
5 control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination
6 by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and
7 expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
8 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
9 The parties acknowledge the important function of this Protective Order and the serious
10 consequences and/or harm that could result in the event of unauthorized disclosure. The parties
11 shall implement a protocol within their counsel’s office(s) to ensure that Protected Material is
12 maintained appropriately and take all necessary steps to safeguard against its unauthorized
13 disclosure.
14 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected
15 Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective
16 Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the
17 unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected
18 Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the
19 terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and
20 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
21 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED
22 MATERIAL
23 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently
24 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the
25 Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This
26 provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order
27 that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence
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1 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a
2 communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection,
3 the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the
4 court.
5 12. MISCELLANEOUS
6 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to
7 seek its modification by the court in the future.
8 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective
9 Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any
10 information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no
11 Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered
12 by this Protective Order.
13 12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party
14 or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in
15 the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
16 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed
17 under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at
18 issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 141, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing
19 that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled
20 to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected Material under seal
21 pursuant to Civil Local Rule 141 is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the
22 information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 140 unless otherwise instructed by
23 the court.
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1 13. FINAL DISPOSITION
2 Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each
3 Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material.
4 As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,
5 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether
6 the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written
7 certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party)
8 by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected
9 Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained
10 any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any
11 of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival
12 copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,
13 correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and
14 consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such
15 archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order
16 as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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18 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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20 DATED: /s/ August 14, 2022__________ /s/ Benjamin H. Mainzer______________
Benjamin H. Mainzer
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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DATED: _/s/ August 5, 2022_____ _/s/ Jon A. Heaberlin________________
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JON A. HEABERLIN
26 Attorneys for Defendants
COUNTY OF TRINITY, CORPORAL RON
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1 ORDER
2 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.
3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:
4 1. Requests to seal documents shall be made by motion before the same judge who will
5 decide the matter related to that request to seal.
6 2. The designation of documents (including transcripts of testimony) as confidential
7 pursuant to this order does not automatically entitle the parties to file such a document with the
8 court under seal. Parties are advised that any request to seal documents in this district is governed
9 by Local Rule 141. In brief, Local Rule 141 provides that documents may only be sealed by a
10 written order of the court after a specific request to seal has been made. L.R. 141(a). However, a
11 mere request to seal is not enough under the local rules. In particular, Local Rule 141(b) requires
12 that “[t]he ‘Request to Seal Documents’ shall set forth the statutory or other authority for sealing,
13 the requested duration, the identity, by name or category, of persons to be permitted access to the
14 document, and all relevant information.” L.R. 141(b).
15 3. A request to seal material must normally meet the high threshold of showing that
16 “compelling reasons” support secrecy; however, where the material is, at most, “tangentially
17 related” to the merits of a case, the request to seal may be granted on a showing of “good cause.”
18 Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096-1102 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana
19 v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178-80 (9th Cir. 2006).
20 4. Nothing in this order shall limit the testimony of parties or non-parties, or the use of
21 certain documents, at any court hearing or trial – such determinations will only be made by the
22 court at the hearing or trial, or upon an appropriate motion.
23 5. With respect to motions regarding any disputes concerning this protective order which
24 the parties cannot informally resolve, the parties shall follow the procedures outlined in Local
25 Rule 251. Absent a showing of good cause, the court will not hear discovery disputes on an ex
26 parte basis or on shortened time.
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1 6. The parties may not modify the terms of this Protective Order without the court’s
2 approval. If the parties agree to a potential modification, they shall submit a stipulation and
3 proposed order for the court’s consideration.
4 7. Pursuant to Local Rule 141.1(f), the court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement
5 of the terms of this Protective Order after the action is terminated.
6 8. Any provision in the parties’ stipulation that is in conflict with anything in this order is
7 hereby DISAPPROVED.
8 DATED: August 22, 2022 /s/ DEBORAH BARNES
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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EXHIBIT A
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print or
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type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand
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the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern
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District of California on [date] in the case of James Gund and Norma Gund vs. County of Trinity
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et al., Case No. 2:13-CV-00452-TLN-DMC. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the
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terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so
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comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly
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promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this
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Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions
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of this Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern
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District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order,
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even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.
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I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of
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_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number]
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as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings
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related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.
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Date: ______________________________________
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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
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Printed name: _______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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