Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-1_09-cv-01766/USCOURTS-caed-1_09-cv-01766-2/pdf.json

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

---

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Rosemary T. McGuire, Esq. Bar No. 172549

WEAKLEY, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

AttorneysforDefendants, CITY OF FRESNO, CHIEF JERRY DYER, OFFICER GREGCATTON

and OFFICER DANIEL ASTACIO

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRIS WILLIS, MARY WILLIS,

INDIVIDUALLY AND SUCCESSORS IN

INTEREST TO STEPHEN WILLIS;

JENNAFER URIBE,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF FRESNO, OFFICER GREG

CATTON, OFFICER DANIEL ASTACIO,

CHIEF JERRY DYER, and DOES 1 through

50 inclusive,

Defendants.

____________________________________

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

)

CASE NO. 1:09-CV-01766-LJO-DLB

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER

Complaint Filed:10/07/09

Trial Date: TBA

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties, through their respective counsel, and

ordered by this Court, that the following documents will be disclosed pursuant to this stipulation

and protective order:

1. Fresno Police Department Standing Orders regarding relevant policies and

procedures;

2. Recordings of Dispatch Communication and 911 calls; and

3. Photographs of decedent, Stephen Willis, at the scene.

The above-named documents which are maintained by the Fresno City Police Department

and requested by plaintiffs through discovery, may be disclosed to plaintiffs pursuant to the

protective order detailed below. The documents requested by plaintiffs contain information which

defendants deem confidential. By the release of these documents pursuant to this Stipulation and

____________________________

Stipulation and Protective Order

Case 1:09-cv-01766-BAM Document 28 Filed 04/16/10 Page 1 of 4
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Protective Order, defendants do not waive their assertion of the confidentiality privilege protecting

the above-named documents from general disclosure.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED:

1. The “Confidential” documents shall be used solely in connection with this litigation

in the preparation and trial of this case, or any related proceeding, and not for any other purpose or

in any other litigation. Defendants may designate them by affixing a mark labeling the documents

as “Confidential - Subject to Protective Order” (with the exception of photographs) provided that

such marking does not obscure or obliterate the content of any document. In the event plaintiffs

challenge a document’s Confidential designation, the parties will attempt to resolve it informally

before defendants must seek the Court’s intervention to maintain the Confidential status of the

document. 

2. The documents identified in this protective order may be disclosed only to the

following persons: 

a) the counsel for any party to this action;

b) paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel regularly employed

by counsel referred to in (a); 

c) court personnel including stenographic reporters engaged in proceedings as are

necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial of this action; 

d) any outside expert or consultant retained in connection with this action and not

otherwise employed by either party;

e) any in-house expert designated by defendants to testify at trial in this matter;

f) witnesses may have the information disclosed to them during deposition

proceedings; the witnesses shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph 3;

g) the finder of fact at the time of trial subject to the court’s rulings on in limine

motions and objections of counsel;

3. Each person to whom the “confidential” documents or any portion thereof is

provided, with the exception of counsel who are presumed to know of the contents of this protective

order shall, prior to the time of disclosure, be provided by the person furnishing him/her such

____________________________

Stipulation and Protective Order 2

Case 1:09-cv-01766-BAM Document 28 Filed 04/16/10 Page 2 of 4
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

information, a copy of this order, and shall agree on the record or in writing that he/she has read the

protective order and that he/she understands the provisions of the protective order. Such person

must also consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of California with respect to any proceeding related to enforcement of this order, including

without limitation, any proceeding for contempt. Plaintiff’s counsel shall be responsible for

internally tracking the identities of those individuals to whom copies of documents marked

“Confidential” are given. The defendants may not request the identities of said individuals,

however, until the final termination of the litigation or if defendants, in good faith, are able to

demonstrate that Plaintiff, or an agent thereof, has breached the Stipulated Protective Order. 

Provisions of this order insofar as they restrict disclosure and use of the material shall be in effect

until further order of this Court. Should the case proceed to trial, the designation and treatment of

the confidential information will be revisited. 

4. Confidential information and/or documents that a party intends to use in support of

or in opposition to a pre-trial filing with the Court must be filed in accordance with the Eastern

District of California Local Rules relating to under seal filings. Any document filed with the Court

that includes confidential information shall be submitted under sealed label with a cover sheet as

follows: "This document is subject to a protective order issued by the Court and may not be copied

or examined except in compliance with that order." Such document shall be kept by the Court

under seal and made available only to the Court or counsel.

5. Should any document designated confidential be disclosed, through inadvertence or

otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order, the disclosing

person(s) shall promptly (a) inform the City of Fresno of the recipient(s) and the circumstances of

the unauthorized disclosure to the relevant producing person(s) and (b) use best efforts to bind the

recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order. No information shall lose its confidential status

because it was disclosed to a person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order.

6. After the conclusion of this litigation, the documents, in whatever form stored or

reproduced, containing “confidential” information will remain confidential, and if filed with the

Court, shall remain under seal. All parties also ensure that all persons to whom “confidential”

____________________________

Stipulation and Protective Order 3

Case 1:09-cv-01766-BAM Document 28 Filed 04/16/10 Page 3 of 4
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

documents were disclosed shall return the documents to counsel for the producing party. The

conclusion of this litigation means termination of the case following applicable post-trial motions,

appeal and/or retrial. After the conclusion of this litigation, all confidential documents received

under the provisions of this Protective Order, including all copies made, shall be tendered back to

the attorneys for the defendants in a manner in which the City of Fresno will be able to reasonably

identify that all documents were returned.

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

DATED: April 15, 2010

WEAKLEY, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

By: /s/ Rosemary T. McGuire 

Rosemary T. McGuire

Attorney for Defendants

DATED: April 15, 2010

WALTER, HAMILTON & KOENIG, LLP

By: /s/ Peter J. Koenig 

Peter J. Koenig

Attorney for Plaintiff 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 15, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

____________________________

Stipulation and Protective Order 4

Case 1:09-cv-01766-BAM Document 28 Filed 04/16/10 Page 4 of 4