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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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Christopher Ho, SBC No. 129845 

William N. Nguyen, SBC No. 215259 

The LEGAL AID SOCIETY 

 -- EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

600 Harrison Street, Suite 120 

San Francisco, California 94107 

Telephone: (415) 864-8848 

Facsimile: (415) 864-8199 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

FARM MENG SAEPHAN 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FARM MENG SAEPHAN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; 

KIMBERLY STATHAM, State Administrator 

of the Oakland Unified School District; 

GOVERNING BOARD OF THE OAKLAND 

UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

 Defendants. 

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No. C 06-4428 JCS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER REGARDING 

PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN THIRD PARTY 

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION 

 Plaintiff FARM MENG SAEPHAN and Defendants OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT; KIMBERLY STATHAM, State Administrator of the Oakland Unified School 

District; GOVERNING BOARD OF THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

(collectively “Defendants”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, agree as 

follows: 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff commenced this action against Defendants; 

WHEREAS, on March 15, 2007 the Court ordered Defendants to produce, pursuant to a 

protective order to be stipulated to by the parties: 

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(a) Documents responsive to Plaintiff’s Request for Production No. 21, i.e., documents 

relating to the application materials of the three individuals named by Defendants as having been 

denied employment as custodians with Defendants as a result of Defendants’ English proficiency 

requirement (Defendants have already produced these documents on a provisional “attorneys 

eyes only” basis); and 

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(b) Information responsive to Plaintiff’s Interrogatory No. 9, including inter alia the 

name, national origin, sex, and race of each and every individual who applied for a custodian 

position with Defendants from the time that Defendants’ English proficiency requirement was 

first implemented until the present time; 

WHEREAS said documents and information ordered to be produced relate to individuals 

who are not involved as parties to this action; 

WHEREAS, Defendants believe that producing such documents and information to 

Plaintiff will expose Plaintiff and others to information that Defendants consider to involve the 

rights of privacy of those non-parties under state and federal law; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to protect the privacy rights of these non-parties from any 

unnecessary disclosure; 

IT IS THEREFORE STIPULATED, pending further order of the Court, that the 

following procedures shall govern all information produced pursuant to the Court’s March 15, 

2007 order: 

1. The documents and other information described above at (a) and (b) are hereby 

collectively designated as “covered confidential third party employment information” subject to 

this Stipulated Protective Order. Absent agreement and/or court order to the contrary, this 

Stipulated Protective Order does not apply to information produced pursuant to any other 

discovery requests. 

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2. Upon entry of this Stipulated Protective Order, covered confidential third party 

employment information shall be produced where required by the March 15, 2007 order, and 

shall not be withheld or otherwise objected to on the grounds of the right of privacy of current or 

former employees. Any other objections to the disclosure or production of such information are 

not waived by this Stipulated Protective Order. 

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3. The names of third party applicants who applied for a custodian position with 

Defendant OUSD, but did not obtain employment with Defendant OUSD, shall be redacted from 

any response or document produced by Defendants in response to Plaintiffs’ Interrogatory No. 9, 

provided that such third party applicants are adequately designated by number or other means 

that does not reveal their individual identities. 

4. Covered confidential third party employment information may be shown, or its 

contents disclosed, only to the following persons: 

(a) The parties to this action and their counsel of record; 

(b) Any individual retained by the parties’ counsel of record to assist in the 

preparation and/or trial of the case; and 

(c) Any former agents or employees of the parties who, as a function of their 

former job duties with the parties, would have been entitled to have access to the information. 

 Covered confidential third party employment information shall not be disclosed or shown 

to any other person or entity unless or until the side wishing to make such disclosure informs the 

other side and gives it reasonable time to object, at least 30 calendar days. In the event of 

objection, the parties’ respective counsel of record will make a good faith effort to resolve the 

dispute informally, pursuant to local rules and the Court’s standing orders, before filing any 

motion with the Court relating to said dispute. If an objection is made in writing, the 

information shall not be disclosed until the Court has issued a decision determining that the 

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5. Covered confidential third party employment information, or any information 

derived therefrom, shall be used solely for the purpose of assisting counsel of record in 

connection with this litigation and not any other purpose or for any other litigation matter. 

6. The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order apply not only to covered 

confidential third party employment information, but also to any information copied or extracted 

therefrom, as well as all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by parties or counsel to or in court or in other settings that might 

reveal the covered confidential third party employment information. 

7. The parties’ respective counsel of record each agree to make all reasonable efforts 

to ensure compliance with this stipulated Protective Order. Any persons referred to in 

paragraphs 3(b) and (c) of this stipulated Protective Order who receives covered confidential 

third party employment information shall first read a copy of this stipulated Protective Order and 

agree in writing to abide by the terms thereof. 

8. The parties enter into this stipulated Protective Order without prejudice to any 

party’s right to object to the disclosure of any information on any ground that it may deem 

appropriate, and any party or non-party may, upon motion, seek relief from, or modification of, 

this stipulated Protective Order based on a showing of good cause. 

9. The designation of any information as “covered confidential third party 

employment information” pursuant to this stipulated Protective Order is intended solely to 

facilitate the preparation of this case for trial, and treatment by the other party in conformity with 

such designation shall not be construed in any way as an admission or agreement by such 

opposing counsel or party that the designated information contains any confidential information 

in contemplation of law. 

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10. Challenging Confidentiality Designations: No party shall be obligated to 

challenge the propriety of any designation by the opposing party, and a failure to do so shall not 

preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety of any “confidential third party employment 

information” designation. 

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a. Timing of Challenges: Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s 

confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable substantial unfairness, unnecessary 

economic burdens, or a later significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive 

its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly 

after the original designation is disclosed. 

b. Meet and Confer: A Party that elects to initiate a challenge to a Designating 

Party’s confidentiality designation must do so in good faith and must begin the process by 

conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) 

with counsel for the Designating Party. In conferring, the challenging Party must explain the basis 

for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party 

a reasonable opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if 

no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A challenging 

Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and 

confer process first. 

c. Judicial Intervention: A Party that elects to press a challenge to a 

confidentiality designation after considering the justification offered by the Designating Party 

may file and serve a motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 

79-5, if applicable) that identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for the 

challenge. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration that affirms that 

the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding 

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paragraph and that sets forth with specificity the justification for the confidentiality designation 

that was given by the Designating Party in the meet and confer dialogue. The burden of 

persuasion in any such proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. Until the court rules on the 

challenge, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to 

which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation. 

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11. If covered confidential third party employment information is improperly 

disclosed to any person other than in the manner authorized by this stipulated Protective Order, 

the party responsible for the disclosure must immediately inform the other party of all pertinent 

facts relating to such disclosure, including the name and address of each person to whom 

disclosure was made, and shall make reasonable efforts to prevent further disclosure by said 

authorized person(s). 

12. The parties agree that, prior to commencement of trial, they will enter into 

mutually agreeable stipulations and protective orders with respect to any “covered confidential 

third party employment information” to be disclosed at trial. Any unresolved disputes shall be 

resolved in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Any party intending to utilize 

any covered confidential third party employment information in a law and motion matter or at 

trial should lodge the document under seal, pursuant to local rule, so as to preserve its 

confidentiality pending the Court’s determination regarding whether a privilege exists that 

precludes the use of the document or other information as evidence or determining what 

safeguards should be utilized if the confidential information is to be considered as evidence. 

13. Even after the termination of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 

imposed by this stipulated Protective Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party 

agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Upon final determination of this 

action, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by opposing counsel, each party shall either: 

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(a) Assemble and return all material designated as protected third party 

employment information under this stipulated Protective Order, including all copies thereof, to 

the producing party and certify in writing that all such material has been returned; or 

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(b) Certify in writing that all such material has been destroyed. 

14. If any person breaches this stipulated Protective Order, any person may notice a 

hearing to the Court requesting appropriate relief. 

15. All parties to this stipulated Protective Order have participated in drafting it. 

 

Dated: April 9, 2007 The LEGAL AID SOCIETY 

 -- EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER 

 By: __/S/ Christopher Ho__ _______________________ CHRISTOPHER HO 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 FARM MENG SAEPHAN 

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 

OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 

By: _/S/ Roy Combs__________________________________ 

 ROY COMBS 

 Attorney for Defendants 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _________________ _________________________________________ THE HONORABLE JOSEPH C. SPERO 

 U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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