# Ashley Blackmon v. City of Beverly Hills

> District Court, C.D. California · February 11, 2022

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## Case

- **Court:** District Court, C.D. California
- **Decided:** February 11, 2022
- **Opinion:** 100trialcourt
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## Opinion text

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WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMART, APC
DANIEL K. SPRADLIN – State Bar No. 82950
dspradlin@wss-law.com
JEANNE L. TOLLISON – State Bar No. 238970
jtollison@wss-law.com
555 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1200
Costa Mesa, California 92626-7670
Telephone: (714) 558-7000
Facsimile: (714) 835-7787

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, a public entity
and SERGEANT KEVIN ORTH, SERGEANT JAMES
KEENAGHAN, OFFICER ADAM FALOSSI, OFFICER STEPHEN
COMP, OFFICER JONATHAN DE LA CRUZ and OFFICER
MICHAEL DOWNS, as employees of the CITY OF BEVERLY
HILLS, a public entity

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ASHLEY BLACKMON, an individual, CASE NO.: 2:21-cv-08381 AB (AFMx)

Plaintiffs,
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
v. ORDER1

CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS;
BEVERLY HILLS POLICE
SERGEANT KEVIN ORTH, JAMES
KEENAGHAN, BEVERLY HILLS
POLICE OFFICER ADAM FALOSSI
(#04678), BEVERLY HILLS POLICE
OFFICER STEPHEN COMP,
BEVERLY HILLS POLICE OFFICER
JONATHAN DE LA CRUZ, BEVERLY
HILLS POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL
DOWNS, all sued in their individual
capacities; and DOES 1-10, inclusive;

Defendants.

1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
proprietary or private information for which special protection from public disclosure

1 This Stipulated Protective Order is based substantially on the model protective order
provided under Magistrate Judge Alexander F. MacKinnon’s Procedures.
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and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting and defending this litigation may
be warranted.
Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the
following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not
confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the
protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited
information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal
principles.
The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this
Stipulated Protective Order does not automatically entitle them to file confidential
information under seal and that Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that
must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission
from the Court to file material under seal. This order is necessary to allow Plaintiff to
prosecute – and permit Defendants to defend – this civil rights action. The parties agree
that this protective order does not waive the parties’ rights to object to discovery
demands or requests for documents and/or information.
B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
This action is likely to involve medical and/or psychological records and law
enforcement records for which special protection from public disclosure and from use
for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential
materials and information consist of, among other things, medical records and law
enforcement records (including information implicating privacy rights of third parties),
information otherwise generally unavailable to the public, or which may be privileged
or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, case
decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to
facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials,
to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure
that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation
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for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and
serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this
matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as
confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith
belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good
cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.
C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER
SEAL
The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this
Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under
seal; Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the
standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file
material under seal. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access
to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive
motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v.
City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips v. Gen.
Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony
Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders
require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling
reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with
respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere
designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—
without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the
material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise
protectable—constitute good cause. Further, if a party request sealing related to a
dispositive motion or trial, then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing
must be shown, and the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific
interest to be protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass’n., 605 F.3d 665, 677-79
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(9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be
filed or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, the party
seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and
legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence
supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration.
Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its entirety
will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If documents
can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the
confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be
filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should
include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible.
2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 Action: Blackmon v. City of Beverly Hills, et al. Case No. 2:21-cv-08381
AB (AFMx).
2.2 Challenging Party: A Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation
of information or items under this Order.
2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of
how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause
Statement. This also includes (1) any information copied or extracted from the
Confidential information; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, abstracts or compilations
of Confidential information; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations that
might reveal Confidential information.
2.4 Counsel: Counsel of record for the parties to this civil litigation and their
support staff.
2.5 Designating Party: A Party or Non-Party that designates information or
items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
“CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of
the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among
other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated
in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an
expert witness or as a consultant in this Action.
2.8 Final Disposition: when this Action has been fully and completely
terminated by way of settlement, dismissal, trial and/or appeal.
2.9 House Counsel: attorneys other than Counsel (as defined in paragraph 3.4)
and who are employees of a party to this Action.
2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or
other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party
to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have
appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that has
appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
2.12 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors,
boards, departments, divisions, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside
Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).
2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this Action.
2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or
demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and
their employees and subcontractors.
2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
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2.16 Receiving Party: A Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
from a Producing Party.
3. SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected
Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from
Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, abstracts, summaries, or compilations of
Protected Material; and (3) any deposition testimony, conversations, or presentations
by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial
judge. This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.
4. DURATION
Once a trial commences in this Action, information that was designated as
CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this protective order and that is introduced
or admitted as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to
all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by
specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of
the trial. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th
Cir. 2006) (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in
discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part
of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend beyond
the commencement of the trial as to the CONFIDENTIAL information and materials
introduced or admitted as an exhibit at trial.
5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under
this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies
under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection
only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or written communications that
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qualify so that other portions of the material, documents, items or communications for
which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this
Order.
Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that
are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose
(e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose
unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party
to sanctions.
If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must
promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.
5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection
under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or
produced.
Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but
excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the
Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or words of a
similar effect, and that includes the case name and case number (hereinafter
“CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that contains protected material. If only a
portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must
clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the
margins).
A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection
need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before
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the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed
“CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants
copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions
thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified
documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page
that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for
protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g.,
by making appropriate markings in the margins).
(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies the
Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition all
protected testimony.
(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any
other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior
of the container or containers in which the information is stored the legend
“CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants
protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
portion(s).
5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent
failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the
Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon
timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to
assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling
Order.
6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
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6.3 Joint Stipulation. Any challenge submitted to the Court shall be via a joint
stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2.
6.4 Burden and Protection During Challenge. The burden of persuasion in
any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges,
and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses
and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless
the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all
parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which
it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the
challenge.
7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is
disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action
only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected
Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions
described in this Order. When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must
comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
authorized under this Order.
7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL”
only to:
(a) the Receiving Party’s Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as employees
of said Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the
information for this Action;
(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure
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is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(c) the court and its personnel;
(e) court reporters and their staff;
(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors
to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the
“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the Action
to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party requests
that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit “A” hereto; and (2) they will not be
permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment
and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit “A”), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating
Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to
depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter
and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective
Order; and
(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually
agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions and who have
signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A).
7.3. Counsel making the disclosure to any qualified person described herein
shall retain the original executed copy of the Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be
Bound until sixty (60) days after this litigation has become final, including any appellate
review, and monitoring of an injunction. Counsel for the Receiving Party shall maintain
all signed Acknowledgments and Agreements to Be Bound and shall produce the
original signature page upon reasonable written notice from opposing counsel. If an
issue arises regarding a purported unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information,
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upon noticed motion of contempt filed by the Designating Party, counsel for the
Receiving Party may be required to file the signed Acknowledgments and Agreements
to Be Bound, as well as a list of the disclosed materials, in camera with the Court having
jurisdiction of the Stipulation.
8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
IN OTHER LITIGATION
If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that
compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as
“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue
in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order
is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this
Stipulated Protective Order; and
(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by
the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
The Party served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any
information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” unless the Party has
obtained the Designating Party’s permission or an order from the court from which the
subpoena or order issued. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as
authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive
from another court.
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9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-
Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information produced
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by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief
provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting
a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.
(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential
information, then the Party shall:
(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party
that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality
agreement with a Non-Party;
(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a
reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-
Party, if requested.
(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14
days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may
produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request.
If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce
any information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality
agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court order
to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection
in this court of its Protected Material.

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing
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the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve
all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to
whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request
such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
PROTECTED MATERIAL
When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection,
the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure
may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior
privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the
parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or
information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the
parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to
the court.
12. MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any
person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this
Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any
ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the
Designating Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested
persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected
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Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with
Local Civil Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a
court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant
to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that
the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise
entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected
Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5.2.2(b) is denied by the court, then
the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record pursuant to Civil Local
Rule 79-5.2.2(b)(ii) unless otherwise instructed by the court.
13. FINAL DISPOSITION
After the FINAL DISPOSITION of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within
60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return
all Protected Material to the Producing Party. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected
Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format
reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. The Receiving Party must
submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or
entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category,
where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned and (2) affirms that the
Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any
other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding
this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion
papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence,
deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and
expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such
archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this
Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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1 VIOLATION
2 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures including,
3 || without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions.
5 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
6 || DATED: February 9, 2022 RICKETTS LAW
8 By:/s/ Morgan Ricketts
9 MORGAN RICKETTS
Attorneys for Plaintiff
10 ASHLEY BLACKMON
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DATED: February 9, 2022 WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMART, APC
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3 23 By:/s/ Jeanne L. Tollison
£25: 14 DANIEL K. SPRADLIN
15 JEANNE L. TOLLISON
Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF
16 BEVERLY HILLS, a public entity and
17 SERGEANT KEVIN ORTH, SERGEANT
JAMES KEENAGHAN, OFFICER ADAM
18 FALOSSI, OFFICER STEPHEN COMP,
19 OFFICER JONATHAN DE LA CRUZ and
OFFICER MICHAEL DOWNS, - as
20 employees of the CITY OF BEVERLY
71 HILLS, a public entity
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EXHIBIT A
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, ______________________________________[print or type full name], of
_________________________________ [print or type full address], declare under
penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective
Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of
California on _____________ in the case of Blackmon v. City of Beverly Hills, et al.,
United States District Court Case No. 2:21-cv-08381 AB (AFMx). I agree to comply
with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and
punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any
manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any
person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.
I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated
Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this
action. I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of
_______________________________________ [print or type full address and
telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this
action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated

Protective Order.
Date: ______________________________________
City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
Printed name: _______________________________
Signature: _________________________________

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9979141. Public record. Not legal advice.