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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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B.C. BARMANN, SR., COUNTY COUNSEL

COUNTY OF KERN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

By: Andrew C. Thomson, Deputy (SBN 149057)

Kern County Administrative Center

1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fourth Floor

Bakersfield, California 93301

Telephone: 661-868-3800

Facsimile: 661-868-3805

Attorneys for Defendants, County of

Kern, Kern County Sheriff’s Department,

Carl Sparks, Deputy Dixon, Eric Fennell,

Edward Jagels and John Brownlee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH FAULKNER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

COUNTY OF KERN, public entity;

KERN COUNTY SHERIFF’S

DEPARTMENT, public entity; CARL

SPARKS, (former) Sheriff Kern

County, public entity; Sheriff’s Deputy

Dixon, individually and officially;

Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Fennell,

individually and officially; Edward

Jagels, Kern County District Attorney,

individually and officially, John

Brownlee, Deputy District Attorney,

individually and officially; Patricia

Poeschel, individually and officially;

Mark Arnold, Kern County Public

Defender, individually and officially;

Leslie Greer, Deputy Public Defender,

individually and officially; Bill

Lockyear, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, individually

and officially; R. Todd Marshall,

Deputy Attorney General, individually

and officially; and DOES 1-10,

Inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. CIV-F-04-5964 OWW TAG

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF

KENNETH FAULKNER’S RECORDS

FROM ATASCADERO STATE

HOSPITAL; ORDER

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COME NOW all parties to this matter, by and through their respective attorneys of

record, and hereby stipulate as follows:

1. That information and records obtained from Atascadero State Hospital

(hereafter, “ASH”), regarding plaintiff Kenneth Faulkner shall be protected from disclosure

except in connection with the instant litigation and any litigation which may arise therefrom,

including the preparation and trial of this case, or any related appellate proceeding;

2. That each party receiving the records, or a copy thereof, in executing this

Stipulation, will in good faith maintain the privacy of plaintiff Kenneth Faulkner’s information

maintained by ASH (hereinafter the "ASH file");

3. The parties acknowledge that this stipulation does not pertain to the

discovery and publication of any other information and/or records that are unrelated to the

ASH records, whether or not these records are also maintained or produced in the ASH

file.

4. It may be necessary to disclose the ASH file, or portions thereof, to persons

involved in the litigation process, as discussed in paragraph 1 above, including but not

limited to the following persons:

(a) Counsel for any party and the parties to this action;

(b) Paralegal, stenographic, clerical and secretarial personnel employed by

counsel;

(c) Court personnel, including stenographic reporters engaged in such

proceedings as are necessary incidental to the preparation for the trial in this

action;

(d) Any expert or consultant retained in connection with this action and/or

otherwise employed by the parties;

(e) With the understanding that all documents and materials from the ASH file

are confidential, all witnesses who were/are involved in matters relevant to

this action may read their own statements and/or any reports, statements

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and/or any reports in which their name appears, any statements and/or any

reports prepared, approved or reviewed by the witness in the witnesses

professional capacity, and/or statements and/or any reports in areas in which

the witnesses may be expected to testify. 

5. To the extent that the ASH records are disclosed to any person, or group of

people, listed in Paragraph 4, counsel for the parties will act in good faith to protect against

the unauthorized disclosure of the above information.

6. This stipulation does not in any way impair the parties’ rights assured by

Code of Civil Procedure § 1985.3 or § 1985.6 to lodge objection to disclosure, production

in discovery and/or introduction of said documents at any hearing or trial.

7. Upon completion of the instant litigation as set forth in Paragraph 1, each

party shall forward all ASH files and related documents and materials, in a sealed

envelope, to the attention of Ellen Hammill Ellison Esq., counsel for Kenneth Faulkner, for

destruction or return to ASH.

8. The parties agree that this stipulation may be signed in counterparts.

Dated: August 15, 2005 LAW OFFICE ELLEN H. ELLISON

/s/ Ellen Hammill Ellison

_____________________________________

By Ellen Hammill Ellison, Esq.

Attorney for Plaintiff, Kenneth Faulkner

Dated: September 6, 2005 B.C. BARMANN, SR., COUNTY COUNSEL

/s/ Andrew C. Thomson

_____________________________________

By Andrew C. Thomson, Deputy

Attorney for Defendants, County of Kern,

Kern County Sheriff’s Department,

Carl Sparks, Deputy Dixon, Eric Fennell,

Edward Jagels and John Brownlee

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Dated: September 6, 2005 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

/s/ Gary Binkerd

_____________________________________

By Gary Binkerd, 

Deputy Attorney General

Attorney for Defendants, Bill Lockyear,

Attorney General of State of California,

and R. Todd Marshall

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 7, 2005 /s/Oliver W. Wanger 

Oliver W. Wanger, Judge

United States District Court

#04cv5964.stip.wpd

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