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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (South Carolina Bar No. 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (California Bar No. 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

JENNIFER S WANG (California Bar No. 233155)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6967

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: jennifer.s.wang@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

JOHN E. POTTER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

DORIS M. MAYS, ) Case No. C 06-4760 EMC

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Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

) PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: 

) CONFIDENTIALITY

 v. )

)

JOHN E. POTTER, Postmaster General, )

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Defendant. )

)

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Subject to the approval of this Court, plaintiff Doris M. Mays and defendant John E. Potter,

by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to the following protective order:

The parties agree that entry of the following protective order is necessary in order to: (1)

facilitate discovery of information without document by document controversy concerning

confidentiality; (2) protect employees of the United States Postal Service from undue annoyance,

embarrassment, oppression, burden and expense resulting from public disclosure or use for

purposes other than this litigation of confidential information that the parties will disclose in

discovery; and (3) avoid violation of the Privacy Act as codified at 5 U.S.C. §522a. The parties

therefore request that the Court enter the following protective order pursuant to Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 26(c).

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STIP RE: PROTECTIVE ORDER

C06-4760 EMC 2

STIPULATED ORDER

All documents obtained from defendant in response to discovery requests made under the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or made pursuant to any disclosure requirement, including

initial disclosure requirements, that are contained within any EEO file, medical file, injury

compensation file, or any personnel file of any person other than the plaintiff (the “Documents”)

shall be subject to the following restrictions:

1. The Documents and the information contained therein shall be used only for purposes of

this litigation and not for any other purpose;

2. Neither the Documents nor the information contained therein shall be disclosed to anyone

other than (a) the attorney employed by plaintiff and the attorney’s staff; (b) the parties; (c) actual

or potential third-party witnesses; (d) outside experts or consultants retained by any of the parties

or their counsel for purposes of this litigation; (e) the Court in further proceedings herein; (f)

stenographic deposition reporters; and (g) other persons whom the parties mutually agree upon in

writing;

3. There shall be no reproduction of the Documents, except that, as required by the

litigation, copies, excerpts, or summaries may be shown to those authorized in Paragraph 2;

4. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 2 and 3, all of the Documents shall remain in

the custody of plaintiff’s attorney of record during the pendency of the litigation;

5. Upon final determination of this litigation, including all appeals, all of the Documents,

including copies, extracts or summaries thereof, produced by defendant that pertains to any

person other than the plaintiff herein, shall be returned to defendant’s counsel. Notwithstanding

this paragraph, however, the plaintiff’s attorney may retain one copy of each pleading and other

document filed with the Court that contains any of the Documents covered by this Order. 

Furthermore, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require plaintiff or her attorney to

turn over any attorney work-product; and

6. This Stipulation and Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party to seek

modification of it from the Court. It shall remain in effect until such time as it is modified,

amended or rescinded by the Court and shall survive termination of this action. The 

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STIP RE: PROTECTIVE ORDER

C06-4760 EMC 3

Court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify, amend, or rescind this Stipulation and

Protective Order notwithstanding the termination of this action.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

November 1, 2007 ___/s/_________________________

JENNIFER S WANG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

October 31, 2007 ___/s/__________________________ 

WILLIAM HOPKINS

Attorney for Plaintiff

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________ ______________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States Magistrate Judge

November 2, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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