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Garen Wimer v. United States of America, et al., Case No. 2:08-CV-00055 LKK EFB

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SCOTT E. RUBRIGHT –SBN 122859 

JOHN M. MURRAY – SBN 232419 

MCCARTHY & RUBRIGHT, LLP 

P.O. Box 190 

Red Bluff, CA 96080 

Telephone: (530) 527-0213 

Facsimile: (530) 527-7641 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Garen Wimer 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GAREN WIMER, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; DANIEL 

D. EISZELLE, an individual; and STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:08-CV-00055 LKK EFB 

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Subject to the approval of the Court, the parties hereby stipulate to the following 

protective order: 

1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, Plaintiff Garen Wimer 

has requested that Defendant United States of America produce the personnel file of its 

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney 

KELLI L. TAYLOR 

Assistant United States Attorney 

501 I Street, Suite 10-100 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 554-2741 

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 

Attorneys for Defendant 

United States of America 

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employee Daniel Eiszelle, which the parties agree contains sensitive and confidential personal 

information that should be treated as confidential. The United States of America also has 

requested that Wimer produce his Federal income tax returns. The United States and Wimer (the 

“Parties”) agree that Wimer’s tax returns contain sensitive and confidential financial information 

that is not generally known or available to the public. Although it is the United States’ position 

that no federal privilege prohibits production of tax returns in discovery in federal court, the 

Parties agree that federal tax returns are considered confidential under federal law. See, e.g., 26 

U.S.C. § 6103. 

2. Given the confidential nature of federal tax returns, Wimer is only agreeing to 

produce copies of the requested federal tax returns pursuant to the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order (hereinafter “Order”). Accordingly, Wimer agrees to produce true and correct 

copies of the federal tax returns he actually submitted to the Internal Revenue Service for the 

years requested; the United States agrees to accept such true and correct copies of the purposes 

of this litigation pursuant to the terms of this Order. 

3. Wimer’s tax returns and all schedules thereto, and the personnel file of Daniel 

Eiszelle, shall be designated as “Confidential” under the terms of this Order. The parties may 

designate additional information as “Confidential” under the terms of this Order. Documents 

designated as Confidential under the terms of this Order shall be so designated by stamping 

copies of the documents produced with the legend “CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT TO COURT 

ORDER.” Unless otherwise indicated by the producing party, stamping the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL – SUBJECT OT COURT ORDER” on any electronic storage device, 

including CDs and DVDs, shall designate all information contained on the electronic storage 

device as confidential, and stamping the foregoing legend on the first page of any multipage 

document shall designate all pages of the document as confidential. 

4. “Confidential” information and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other 

documents derived in whole or in part therefrom (hereinafter “Confidential Material”) shall be 

used by the Parties only for the purpose of the prosecution or settlement of this action and for no 

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other purpose. The United States shall not disclose Confidential Material to any other defendant, 

nor shall it disclose Confidential Material to any agency or service of the United States or any 

employee or representative thereof. 

5. Testimony taken at a deposition, conference, hearing or trial concerning 

Confidential Material may be designated as confidential by making a statement to that effect on 

the record at the deposition or other proceeding. Arrangements shall be made with the court 

reporter taking and transcribing such proceeding to separately bind such portions of the transcript 

containing information designated as confidential, and to label such portions “CONFIDENTIAL 

– SUBJECT TO COURT ORDER.” Separately bound portions of a transcript containing 

information designated as confidential shall be treated as Confidential Material under the terms 

of this Order. 

6. Subject to Paragraph 3 herein, Confidential Material produced pursuant to this 

Order may be disclosed or made available by the United States only to the Court, counsel for the 

United States (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed by such counsel), 

and to the “qualified persons” designated in subparts (a) through (e) immediately below: 

 (a) An employee of the United States deemed necessary by counsel to aid in the 

prosecution or settlement of this action; 

 (b) Experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by the 

United States to assist in the prosecution or settlement of this action; 

 (c) Court reporter(s) employed in this action; 

 (d) A witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and 

 (e) Any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree. 

7. Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, each “qualified person” described in 

the foregoing Paragraph 5, subparts (b), (c), or (e) shall be provided with a copy of this Order 

and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A, a copy of which shall 

be provided forthwith to counsel for each party. 

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8. Depositions in which Confidential Material is discussed, referenced, or used as an 

exhibit shall be taken only in the presence of “qualified persons.” 

9. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of 

material obtained by such party independent of discovery in this action, whether or not such 

material is also obtained through discovery in this action, or from disclosing its own Confidential 

Material as it deems appropriate. 

10. If Confidential Material, including any portion of a deposition transcript 

designated as confidential, is included in any papers to be filed in Court, such papers shall be 

labeled “Confidential—Subject to Court Order” and filed under seal. Any party seeking to file 

Confidential Material with the Court shall comply with Local Rule 39-141. The Confidential 

Material filed under seal will not be ordered unsealed. 

11. In the event that any Confidential Material is used in any court proceeding in this 

action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party using such 

Confidential Material shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such 

use. 

12. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of either party to present a 

motion to the Court under FRCP 26(c) for a separate protective order or a modification to this 

Order as to any particular document or information, including restrictions differing from those as 

specified herein. This Order shall not be deemed to prejudice the parties in any way in any 

future application for modification of this Order. 

13. The Parties are stipulating to this Order for the purpose of facilitating the 

exchange of documents and information between the Parties to this action without involving the 

Court unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order, the production of any information or 

document under the terms of this Order, or any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be 

deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party, of altering the 

confidentiality or confidential nature of any such document or information, or altering any 

existing obligation of any party or the absence thereof. 

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14. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action and the Court shall 

retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information disclosed hereunder. 

Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall assemble and return to each other all 

documents, material, and deposition transcripts designated as confidential and all copies of same, 

or shall certify the destruction thereof. 

15. The United States stipulates and agrees that despite Wimer producing his federal 

tax returns and other Confidential Material, Wimer has not and is not waiving any objection 

relating to the United State’s use of his federal tax returns or other Confidential Material, and is 

specifically not waiving any objections based on privilege, privacy, and admissibility. The 

United States agrees that it will not assert that Wimer has waived any objections to the use of his 

federal tax returns or other Confidential Material by voluntarily providing such information to 

the United States. 

SO STIPULATED 

Dated: August 26, 2008 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

 United States Attorney 

 

 By: /s/ Kelli L. Taylor

 KELLI L. TAYLOR 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 United States of America 

Dated: August 26, 2008 MCCARTHY & RUBRIGHT, LLP 

 By: /s/ John M. Murray 

 JOHN M. MURRAY 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

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ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 27, 2008. 

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EXHIBIT A 

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar with the terms of the Stipulated Protective 

Order entered in the Garen Wimer v. United States of America, et al., United States District 

Court for the Easter District of California, Civil Action No. 2:08-CV-00055 LKK EFB and 

hereby agree to comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of said Order. I hereby 

consent to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Order. 

Dated: 

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