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MICHAEL LOPEZ, Case No. 2:21-cv-00833-ODW-AGR
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18 CITY OF EL MONTE; LUIS
19 MIJANGOS; MIRIAM CUEVAS;
DAVID AVALOS; TYLER
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DOMINGUEZ; and DOES 1 through
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25 TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
26 Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 26(c), Defendants CITY OF
27 EL MONTE, OFFICER LUIS MIJANGOS, OFFICER MIRIAM CUEVAS,
28 OFFICER DAVID AVALOS and OFFICER TYLER DOMINGUEZ and Plaintiff
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1 MICHAEL LOPEZ, by and through their attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the
2 Protective Order set forth herein regarding the production of documents, records, and
3 tangible things during the discovery phase of this action. The City of El Monte,
4 Officer Luis Mijangos, Officer Miriam Cuevas, Officer David Avalos, Officer Tyler
5 Dominguez and Plaintiff are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as a
6 “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.
7 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
8 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
9 proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure
10 and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted.
11 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the
12 following Stipulated Protective Order. This Order is intended to protect all documents
13 produced by Defendants City of El Monte, Officer Luis Mijangos, Officer Miriam
14 Cuevas, Officer David Avalos and Officer Tyler Dominguez as part of Defendants’
15 responses and/or supplemental responses to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production of
16 Documents, as well as any documents which are ordered to be produced by the Court
17 resulting from any discovery disputes that arise in this matter. The parties
18 acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or
19 responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and
20 use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential
21 treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as
22 set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle
23 them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
24 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party
25 seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
26 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
27 Though Plaintiffs may be entitled, in certain limited circumstances, to examine
28 information in police officers’ personnel files, internal affairs files and force reports,
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1 to the extent that they are relevant to their claims in the above-captioned action, the
2 Defendants contend that a protective order is necessary to prevent random distribution
3 of such information. Furthermore, this proposed protective order was created for the
4 purpose of protecting certain information that may be subject to the official
5 information privilege, law enforcement privilege and the right to privacy, as protected
6 by the California and United States Constitution, balanced with plaintiffs’ right to
7 discovery in this litigation.
8 Police personnel records are deemed confidential under federal law. Sanchez
9 v. Santa Ana Police Dep’t., 936 F.2d 1027, 1033-34 (9th Cir. 1990). Law enforcement
10 personnel records also involve confidential information that is protected by the Police
11 Officers Bill of Rights, as codified at section 3300, et seq., of the California
12 Government Code. The public disclosure of law enforcement personnel records and
13 records which include witness name, etc., is further limited by a number of California
14 statutes, including but not limited to California Government Code section 6254 and
15 California Penal Code section 832.7, et seq.
16 The City and individual peace officer Defendants herein contend that they have
17 an interest in protecting their privacy rights relating to information in their personnel
18 files and other related information.
19 It is the policy of the City of El Monte/El Monte Police Department not to
20 disclose information contained in background investigations about its employees, or
21 other information contained in confidential police personnel files unless ordered to do
22 so by a court of competent jurisdiction. Further, it is the policy of the City of El
23 Monte/El Monte Police Department not to disclose information contained in police
24 reports to those other than the parties involved in the incident, their representatives,
25 prosecutors, etc. unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction.
26 Within the City of El Monte/El Monte Police Department, access to personnel
27 files is restricted to those on a “need to know” basis. Controlled access to the files is
28 regarded by the City/Department as essential in order to assure the integrity and
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1 security of such files. The City/Department contends that uncontrolled disclosure of
2 such information can disrupt the City’s/Department’s vital, day-to-day operations,
3 erode the integrity and security of the confidential personnel and related files, affect
4 the morale of City’s/Department’s personnel, and frustrate the legitimate purposes of
5 gathering the information in these files, including adversely impacting disciplinary
6 procedures within the City/Department.
7 With respect to police reports, unfettered access is not granted to the public.
8 Instead, access is restricted to those investigating the incident, involved in the incident
9 or their representatives, those who are prosecuting and/or defending those involved,
10 and those who maintain the records. The City/Department contends that controlled
11 access is necessary to not only assure the integrity and security of said files, but also
12 to ensure the privacy rights of those involved especially third party witnesses and
13 minors are protected. Permitting uncontrolled disclosure can disrupt the
14 City’s/Department’s day-to-day operations, including but not limited to adversely
15 impacting the City’s/Department’s ability to thoroughly investigate incidents.
16 Further, the City/Department contends that information contained in the
17 requested material case files is gathered and maintained in confidence by the
18 City/Department. The information gathered in these case files generally includes the
19 statements of third party witnesses collected in confidence. Witnesses are told that
20 the confidentiality of their statement will be protected and that they are for the
21 confidential use of the City/Department. The City/Department believes that
22 uncontrolled release of this information would cause needless intrusion into and
23 violation of privacy rights.
24 Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt
25 resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately
26 protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the
27 parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and
28 in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve
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1 the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter.
2 It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for
3 tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it
4 has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause
5 why it should not be part of the public record of this case.
6 2. DEFINITIONS
7 2.1 Action: Michael Lopez v. City of El Monte, et al. (U.S.D.C. Case No. 2:21-
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9 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party that challenges the designation of information
10 or items under this Order.
11 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how
12 it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection
13 under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good
14 Cause Statement, including documents produced by Defendants’ responses and/or
15 supplemental responses to Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production of Documents, as well
16 as any documents which are ordered to be produced by the Court resulting from any
17 discovery disputes that arise in this matter.
18 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their
19 support staff).
20 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or
21 items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
22 “CONFIDENTIAL.”
23 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of
24 the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,
25 among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or
26 generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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1 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
2 pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as
3 an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
4 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action.
5 House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside
6 counsel.
7 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or
8 other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
9 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to
10 this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have
11 appeared in this Action on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
12 2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
13 employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their
14 support staffs).
15 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
16 Discovery Material in this Action.
17 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
18 services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
19 demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)
20 and their employees and subcontractors.
21 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
22 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
23 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
24 from a Producing Party.
25 3. SCOPE
26 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
27 Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted
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1 Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties
2 or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
3 Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the
4 trial judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
5 4. DURATION
6 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations
7 imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees
8 otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be
9 deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with
10 or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and
11 exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action,
12 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time
13 pursuant to applicable law.
14 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
15 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each
16 Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection
17 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
18 qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for
19 protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written
20 communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items,
21 or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably
22 within the ambit of this Order. Here, the designated material includes documents
23 produced by Defendants’ responses and/or supplemental responses to Plaintiffs’
24 Requests for Production of Documents, as well as any documents which are ordered
25 to be produced by the Court resulting from any discovery disputes that arise in this
26 matter.
27 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
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1 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose
2 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party
3 to sanctions.
4 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
5 designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
6 promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
7 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this
8 Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated
9 or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this
10 Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced.
11 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
12 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,
13 but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the
14 Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter
15 “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a
16 portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing
17 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate
18 markings in the margins).
19 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
20 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
21 which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before
22 the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed
23 “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants
24 copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or
25 portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the
26 specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend”
27 to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the
28 material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly
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1 identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the
2 margins).
3 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identify the
4 Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition all
5 protected testimony.
6 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for
7 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the
8 exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend
9 “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants
10 protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
11 portion(s).
12 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure
13 to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the
14 Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.
15 Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable
16 efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this
17 Order.
18 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
19 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation
20 of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order.
21 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution
22 process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
23 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the
24 Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose
25 (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may
26 expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived
27 or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall continue to afford the
28 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing
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1 Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge.
2 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
3 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
4 disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this
5 Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such
6 Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
7 conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving
8 Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
9 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
10 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
11 authorized under this Order.
12 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise
13 ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving
14 Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
15 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as
16 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to
17 disclose the information for this Action;
18 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the
19 Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action;
20 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
21 disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
22 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
23 (d) the court and its personnel;
24 (e) court reporters and their staff;
25 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
26 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
27 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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1 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
2 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
3 (h) during their depositions, witnesses ,and attorneys for witnesses, in the
4 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party
5 requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will
6 not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the
7 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise
8 agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed
9 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material shall be
10 separately bound by the court reporter and shall not be disclosed to anyone except as
11 permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
12 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
13 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions.
14 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
15 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
16 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation
17 that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action a
18 “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
19 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
20 include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
21 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to
22 issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena
23 or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of
24 this Stipulated Protective Order; and
25 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued
26 by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
27 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with
28 the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action
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1 as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena
2 or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The
3 Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court
4 of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as
5 authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful
6 directive from another court.
7 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
8 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
9 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-
10 Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information
11 produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the
12 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be
13 construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
14 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
15 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
16 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
17 confidential information, then the Party shall:
18 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
19 Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
20 agreement with a Non-Party;
21 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
22 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably
23 specific description of the information requested; and
24 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
25 Non-Party, if requested.
26 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14
27 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may
28 produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request.
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1 If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce
2 any information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality
3 agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court
4 order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking
5 protection in this court of its Protected Material.
6 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
7 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
8 Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
9 Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in
10 writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts
11 to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or
12 persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,
13 and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and
14 Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
15 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR
16 OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL
17 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
18 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,
19 the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil
20 Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure
21 may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior
22 privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the
23 parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or
24 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the
25 parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted
26 to the court.
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1 12. MISCELLANEOUS
2 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any
3 person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
4 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
5 Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
6 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
7 Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
8 ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
9 12.3 Filing Protected Material. All Parties and their Counsel agree that if a
10 Party intends to file Protected Material with the Court, for any reason, that party and
11 Counsel shall request permission from the Court to file the Protected Material under
12 seal. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with
13 Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a
14 court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a
15 Party's request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, then the
16 Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise
17 instructed by the court.
18 13. FINAL DISPOSITION
19 After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60
20 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party (which also
21 includes those defined as a Party in Section 2.11) must return all Protected Material
22 to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all
23 Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any
24 other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the
25 Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written
26 certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the
27 Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where
28 appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2)affirms
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1 that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations,
2 summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material.
3 Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all
4 pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda,
5 correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product,
6 and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected
7 Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material
8 remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
9 14. Any violation of this Order may be punished by any and all appropriate
10 measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary
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12 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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14 DATED: December 28, 2021 LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY PEACOCK
LAW OFFICES OF JAMES P. SEGALL-
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GUTIERREZ
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By: /s/: Gregory Peacock________________
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GREGORY PEACOCK
18 JAMES P. SEGALL-GUTIERREZ
Attorneys for Plaintiff MICHAEL LOPEZ
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DATED: December 28, 2021 CARPENTER, ROTHANS & DUMONT LLP
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22 By: /s/: Jonathan D. Redford_________________
STEVEN J. ROTHANS
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JONATHAN D. REDFORD
24 Attorneys for Defendants
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26 Pursuant to Central District Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), the filer of this
27 document attests that all other signatories listed, and on whose behalf the filing is
28 submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing.
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3 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.
: Date: January 25, 2022 Use. A Keinbing,
Honorable Alicia G. Rosenberg
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1 EXHIBIT A
2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
3 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of
4 _________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that
5 I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was
6 issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on
7 [date] in the case of Michael Lopez. v. City of El Monte, et al. (U.S.D.C. Case No.
8 2:21-cv-00833-ODW-AGR). I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms
9 of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to
10 so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I
11 solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that
12 is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict
13 compliance with the provisions of this Order.
14 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court
15 for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this
16 Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after
17 termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print
18 or type full name] of _______________________________________ [print or type
19 full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in
20 connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this
21 Stipulated Protective Order.
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23 Date: ______________________________________
24 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
25 Printed name: _______________________________
26 Signature: __________________________________
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER