distinguishing 14 “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from 15 “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court 16 record
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- distinguishing 14 “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from 15 “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court 16 record
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11 I.M., a minor, by and through her ) CASE NO: 2:20-cv-11174 FMO
Guardian Ad Litem, EDWARD TAPIA,
12 EDWARD TAPIA, CHERYL TAPIA- ) (JEMx)
RUFENER and BRIANNA PALOMINO, )
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to Decedent, EDWARD BRONSTEIN, FIRST AMENDED
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Plaintiffs, ) STIPULATION RE:
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) PROTECTIVE ORDER
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DOE CHP OFFICERS 1-10, and DOES )
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19 E.W. and L.W., Minors, by and through )
their Guardian Ad Litem, AUNDREA
20 CHERYL ROSA WAGNER, Individually )
and as Successors-In-Interest to Decedent, )
21 EDWARD BRONSTEIN )
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, a public entity; )
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public entity; DOE CHP OFFICERS 1-10,
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1 Plaintiffs I.M., a minor, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, EDWARD
2 TAPIA, EDWARD TAPIA, CHERYL TAPIA-RUFENER and BRIANNA
3 PALOMINO, E.W., a minor, by and through her Guardian Ad litem Aundrea
4 Cheryl Rosa Wagner, L.W., a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem
5 Aundrea Cheryl Rosa Wagner, Individually and as Successors-In-Interest to
6 Decedent, EDWARD BRONSTEIN, and Defendants STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
7 ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, a
8 public entity, DUSTY OSMANSON, CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ-ROMERO,
9 ERIC VOSS, MARCIEL TERRY, DIONISIO FIORELLA, CARLOS
10 VILLANUEVA, DIEGO ROMERO, JUSTIN SILVA, DARREN PARSONS,
11 MICHAEL LITTLE, (collectively “CHP DEFENDANTS”) and ARBI
12 BAGHALIAN and VITAL MEDICAL SERVICES, LLC, (collectively the
13 “VITAL DEFENDANTS”) by and through their respective counsel, hereby
14 stipulate and agree as follows:
15 1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
16 Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential,
17 proprietary or private information for which special protection from public
18 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may
19 be warranted.
20 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter
21 the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order
22 does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery
23 and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to
24 the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under
25 the applicable legal principles.
26 The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that
27 this Stipulated Protective Order does not automatically entitle them to file
28 confidential information under seal and that Local Civil Rule 79-5 sets forth the
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1 procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a
2 party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal. The parties
3 agree that this protective order does not waive the parties’ rights to object to
4 discovery demands or requests for documents and/or information.
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6 B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
7 The CHP DEFENDANTS, may be producing documents concerning
8 confidential internal policies, which documents are generally unavailable to the
9 public. The disclosure of this information may jeopardize the security of the
10 State’s operations, and jeopardize the safety of peace officers. The CHP
11 DEFENDANTS may also be producing documents that contain personal and
12 confidential information regarding individuals which information is generally
13 unavailable to the public, including peace officer personnel records. The
14 disclosure of this information to the public may violate those individuals’ privacy
15 rights. The CHP DEFENDANTS may also be producing video, audio and still
16 photo images related to the traffic stop or the death at issue in this Action, which
17 is generally unavailable to the public. Additionally, the CHP DEFENDANTS may
18 be producing investigation reports, which are generally unavailable to the public,
19 the disclosure of which could violate individuals’ privacy rights and jeopardize
20 the safety of officers. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to
21 facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery
22 materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep
23 confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of
24 such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their
25 handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective
26 order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties
27 that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that
28 nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in
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1 a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be
2 part of the public record of this case.
3 In addition, the VITAL DEFENDANTS, may be producing documents
4 concerning confidential internal policies and proprietary information, which
5 documents are generally unavailable to the public. The disclosure of this
6 information may jeopardize the operations of the VITAL MEDICAL SERVICES,
7 LLC. The VITAL DEFENDANTS may also be producing documents that contain
8 personal and confidential information regarding individuals which information is
9 generally unavailable to the public, including personnel and medical records. The
10 disclosure of this information to the public may violate those individuals’ privacy
11 rights. The VITAL DEFENDANTS may also be producing video, audio and still
12 photo images related to the death at issue in this Action, which is generally
13 unavailable to the public. Additionally, the VITAL DEFENDANTS may be
14 producing reports, medical information, and data, which are generally unavailable
15 to the public. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the
16 prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to
17 adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to
18 ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in
19 preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of
20 the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information
21 is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be
22 designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated
23 without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-
24 public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be part of the public
25 record of this case.
26 2. DEFINITIONS
27 2.1 Action: I.M., et al. v. State of California, et al. Case No. 2:20-cv-
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1 2.2 Challenging Party: A Party or Non-Party that challenges the
2 designation of information or items under this Order.
3 2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Information
4 (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that
5 qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as
6 specified above in the Good Cause Statement. This also includes: (1) any
7 information copied or extracted from the Confidential Information; (2) all copies,
8 excerpts, summaries, abstracts or compilations of Confidential Information; and
9 (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations that might reveal Confidential
10 Information.
11 2.4 Counsel: Counsel of record for the parties to this civil litigation and
12 their support staff.
13 2.5 Designating Party: A Party or Non-Party that designates information
14 or items that it produces in disclosures, in responses to discovery, or pursuant to
15 court order as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
16 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: All items or information,
17 regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained
18 (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that
19 are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
20 2.7 Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a
21 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to
22 serve as an expert witness, or as a consultant in this Action.
23 2.8 Final Disposition: Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later
24 of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with or without
25 prejudice; or (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all
26 appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time
27 limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to
28 applicable law.
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1 2.9 House Counsel: Attorneys other than Counsel (as defined in
2 paragraph 2.4) and who are employees of a party to this Action.
3 2.10 Non-Party: Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association
4 or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
5 2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: Attorneys who are not employees of a
6 party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action
7 and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law
8 firm that has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff.
9 2.12 Party: Any party to this Action, including all of its officers,
10 directors, boards, departments, divisions, employees, consultants, retained experts,
11 and Outside Counsel of Record and their support staffs.
12 2.13 Producing Party: A Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
13 Discovery Material in this Action.
14 2.14 Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation
15 support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits
16 or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or
17 medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
18 2.15 Protected Material: Any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is
19 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
20 2.16 Receiving Party: A Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery
21 Material from a Producing Party.
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23 3. SCOPE
24 The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only
25 Protected Material, as defined above, but also: (1) any information copied or
26 extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, abstracts, summaries,
27 or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any deposition testimony,
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1 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal
2 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.
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6 4. DURATION
7 Once a trial commences in this Action, and subject to any court order
8 stating otherwise, information that was designated as CONFIDENTIAL or
9 maintained pursuant to this protective order, and admitted at trial becomes public
10 and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including the
11 press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed
12 otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana v. City
13 and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 2006) (distinguishing
14 “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from
15 “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court
16 record). Accordingly, the terms of this protective order do not extend beyond the
17 commencement of the trial as to the CONFIDENTIAL information and materials
18 admitted as an exhibit at trial. As to all other information designated as
19 CONFIDENTIAL, even after the FINAL DISPOSITION of this litigation, the
20 confidentiality obligations imposed by this protective order shall remain in effect
21 even after FINAL DISPOSITION of this litigation as defined in Section 2.8, until
22 a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court otherwise directs.
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24 5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
25 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for
26 Protection.
27 Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection
28 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material
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1 that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must
2 designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items or oral or
3 written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material,
4 documents, items or communications for which protection is not warranted are not
5 swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.
6 Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
7 that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
8 purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to
9 impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
10 Designating Party to sanctions.
11 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that
12 it designated for protection do not qualify for protection that Designating Party
13 must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable
14 designation.
15 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise
16 provided in this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as
17 otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies
18 for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is
19 disclosed or produced.
20 Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
21 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
22 documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial
23 proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend
24 “CONFIDENTIAL” or words of a similar effect, and that includes the case name
25 and case number (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL legend”), to each page that
26 contains protected material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies
27 for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected
28 portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).
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1 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for
2 inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party
3 has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced. During the
4 inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for
5 inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has
6 identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must
7 determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
8 Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must
9 affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” to each page that contains Protected
10 Material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the
11 Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s), e.g., by
12 making appropriate markings in the margins.
13 (b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies
14 the Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the
15 deposition all protected testimony.
16 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for
17 any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on
18 the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the
19 legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the information
20 warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify
21 the protected portion(s).
22 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an
23 inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing
24 alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order
25 for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party
26 must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance
27 with the provisions of this Order.
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1 6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
2 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
3 designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s
4 Scheduling Order.
5 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute
6 resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq.
7 6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be
8 on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper
9 purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other
10 parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating
11 Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all parties shall
12 continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is
13 entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the
14 challenge.
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16 7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
17 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that
18 is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with
19 this Action only for prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action.
20 Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and
21 under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action has been
22 terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Section 13
23 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
24 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
25 location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
26 authorized under this Order.
27 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless
28 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a
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1 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated
2 “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
3 (a) the Receiving Party’s Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as
4 employees of said Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to
5 prosecute or defend this Action;
6 (b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom
7 disclosure is reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend this Action, and who
8 have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Ex. A);
9 (c) the court and its personnel;
10 (e) court reporters and their staff;
11 (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional
12 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have
13 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Ex. A);
14 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information, or a
15 custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information;
16 (h) witnesses and attorneys for witnesses during their depositions, in the
17 Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing
18 party requests that the witness sign the form attached as Exhibit “A” hereto; and
19 (2) they will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they
20 sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit “A”), unless
21 otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of
22 transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected
23 Material may be separately bound by the court reporter, and may not be disclosed
24 to anyone, except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order; and
25 (i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel,
26 mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions and
27 who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Ex. A).
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1 7.3. Counsel making the disclosure to any qualified person described
2 herein shall retain the original executed copy of the Nondisclosure Agreement
3 until sixty (60) days after this litigation has become final, including any appellate
4 review, and monitoring of an injunction. Counsel for the Receiving Party shall
5 maintain all signed Nondisclosure Agreements and shall produce the original or
6 electronic signature page upon reasonable written notice from opposing counsel.
7 If an issue arises regarding a purported unauthorized disclosure of Confidential
8 Information, upon noticed motion of contempt filed by the Designating Party,
9 counsel for the Receiving Party may be required to file the signed Nondisclosure
10 Agreements, as well as a list of the disclosed materials, in camera with the Court
11 having jurisdiction of the Stipulation.
12 7.4 Certain Court Orders
13 On November 24, 2021, Plaintiffs in this action filed a Motion To Release
14 Videos From the Court’s Protective Order [DOC #56]. Through the Motion,
15 Plaintiffs sought the release of videos of the incident to the public, including
16 certain videos taken by Sergeant Michael Little of the CHP. On January 7, 2022,
17 United States District Magistrate Judge John E. McDermott, issued an order
18 (DOC #83) granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for the public release of the videos of the
19 incident on March 15, 2022, particularly the videos taken by Sergeant Little.
20 Subsequent efforts to stay and rescind the January 7, 2022 order (DOC #83) were
21 denied by the Court. As a result of the January 7, 2022 order (DOC #83), the
22 videos of the incident taken by Sergeant Michael Little are no longer within the
23 scope of this stipulation and order and have been released to the public.
24 Should there be further production of videos related to the incident through
25 discovery or other processes, the parties shall meet and confer to determine if the
26 newly produced videos are within the scope of the January 7, 2022 Order (Doc
27 #83) prior to any public release of those materials. Should the parties continue to
28 have disagreement regarding the confidentiality of further produced videos, the
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1 parties shall proceed in accordance with the procedures under Section 6 above
2 regarding CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS.
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4 8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED
5 PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION
6 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other
7 litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this
8 Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:
9 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
10 include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
11 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order
12 to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the
13 subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall
14 include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
15 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued
16 by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
17 The Party served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any
18 information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL”, unless the Party has
19 obtained the Designating Party’s permission or an order from the court from
20 which the subpoena or order issued. Nothing in these provisions should be
21 construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to
22 disobey a lawful directive from another court.
23
24 9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
25 PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
26 (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a
27 Non- Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such
28 information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected
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1 by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions
2 should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional
3 protections.
4 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to
5 produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is
6 subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s
7 confidential information, then the Party shall:
8 (1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-
9 Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a
10 confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
11 (2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated
12 Protective Order in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and
13 a reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
14 (3) make the information requested available for inspection by the
15 Non-Party, if requested.
16 (c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14
17 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party
18 may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery
19 request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall
20 not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the
21 confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.
22 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and
23 expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.
24
25 10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
26 If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has
27 disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized
28 under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately: (a)
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1 notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its
2 best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c)
3 inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all
4 the terms of this Order, and (d) confer with the Designating Party on a resolution
5 to recall the inadvertent disclosure and determine if executing the
6 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” is sufficient.
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8 11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR
9 OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL
10 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain
11 inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other
12 protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Fed. R. C.
13 P. 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may
14 be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior
15 privilege review. Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties
16 reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information
17 covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine, the parties may
18 incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the
19 court.
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21 12. MISCELLANEOUS
22 12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of
23 any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.
24 12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this
25 Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to
26 disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in
27 this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on
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1 any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective
2 Order.
3 12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any
4 Protected Material must comply with L.R. 79-5. Protected Material may only be
5 filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific
6 Protected Material at issue. If a Party’s request to file Protected Material under
7 seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in
8 the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court.
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10 13. FINAL DISPOSITION
11 After the FINAL DISPOSITION of this Action, as defined in Section 2.8,
12 within 30 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party
13 must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party. As used in this
14 subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations,
15 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected
16 Material. The Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing
17 Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 30-
18 day deadline that: (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected
19 Material that was returned and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not
20 retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format
21 reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material.
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24 Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures
25 including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions,
26 following a written motion and court order.
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1 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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Dated: May 26, 2022 CARRILLO LAW FIRM, LLP
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__/s/ J. Miguel Flores________________
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MICHAEL S. CARRILLO
6 J. MIGUEL FLORES
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS I.M., A
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MINOR, BY AND THROUGH HER
8 GUARDIAN AD LITEM, EDWARD
TAPIA, EDWARD TAPIA, CHERYL
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TAPIA-RUFENER AND BRIANNA
10 PALOMINO
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Dated: May 26, 2022 LAW OFFICES OF ANNEE DELLA DONNA
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By: ___/s/_ Annee Della Donna______
16 ANNEE DELLA DONNA,
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS E.W. &
17 L.W., MINORS, ET AL.
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Dated: May 26, 2022 DUBIN LAW FIRM
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By: _____/s/ Eric J. Dubin_____________
23 ERIC J. DUBIN,
24 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS E.W. &
L.W., MINORS, ET AL.
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Dated: May 26, 2022 FARNELL & NORMAN
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By: ___/s/ Ronald E. Norman ________
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RONALD E. NORMAN,
4 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS E.W. &
L.W., MINORS, ET AL.
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Dated: May 26, 2022 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY
8 GENERAL’S OFFICE
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10 ___/s/ Shirley R. Sullinger_________
SHIRLEY R. SULLINGER
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BETTY CHU-FUJITA
12 DEPUTY ATTORNEYS GENERAL
ATTORNEYS FOR CHP DEFENDANTS
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Dated: May 26, 2022 CARROLL, KELLY, TROTTER &
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FRANZEN
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___/s/ Timothy Schuler____________
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JOHN C. KELLY
18 GABRIEL M. IRWIN
TIMOTHY SCHULER
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ATTORNEYS FOR THIRD-PARTY
20 DEFENDANTS VITAL HEALTH
21 MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. AND
ARBI BAGHALIAN, R.N.
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1 Pursuant to local 5-4.3.4, I, J. Miguel Flores, attest that Annee Della Donna,
2 \|Eric J. Dubin, Ronald E. Norman, Shirley R. Sullinger and Timothy Schuler
concur with the content of this Stipulation for a Protective Order and have
s |jauthorized the filing of the same.
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Dated: May 26, 2022 CARRILLO LAW FIRM, LLP
? __/s/ J. Miguel Flores
10 MICHAEL S. CARRILLO
J. MIGUEL FLORES
i ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
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Dated: 5/27/22 By:
18 ED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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EXHIBIT A
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2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
3 I, ______________________________________[print or type full name],
4 of _________________________________ [print or type full address], declare
5 under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the
6 Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for
7 the Central District of California on _____________ in the case of I.M., et al. v.
8 State of California, et al., United States District Court Case No. 2:20-cv-11174. I
9 agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective
10 Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose
11 me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that
12 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
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with the provisions of this Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District
15
Court for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms
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of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur
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after termination of this action. I hereby appoint __________________________
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[print or type full name] of _______________________________________
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[print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for
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service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to
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enforcement of this Stipulated
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Protective Order.
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Date: ______________________________________
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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
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Printed name: _______________________________
26 Signature: _________________________________
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