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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IAN KINSEY,

Plaintiff,

vs.

FRESNO POLICE OFFICER VICTOR 

MERCADO; FRESNO POLICE 

OFFICER ROBERT COLLINS; THE 

CITY OF FRESNO; DOES 1-10, 

Defendants.

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Case No.: 13-CV-01757-LJO-SAB 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Protective Order:

1. Counsel for Defendants, City of Fresno, Officer Robert Collins and

Officer Victor Mercado, shall disclose to counsel for plaintiff, records containing 

personnel matters, including records of this incident and records of police practices 

and procedures.

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2. Counsel for the plaintiff shall not convey, transfer, publish, distribute, 

copy, duplicate or disseminate the information so provided except as may be 

reasonably necessary for the prosecution of this litigation, by communicating with 

plaintiff, or investigators, consultants and experts retained on behalf of the plaintiff 

in this matter.

3. Prior to the dissemination of any such information pursuant to this 

order, counsel for the plaintiff shall inform such person of the terms and conditions 

of this order and secure such person=s agreement to be bound by it.

4. Plaintiff, plaintiff=s counsel, and plaintiff=s investigators, consultants 

and experts, are expressly prohibited from utilizing the disclosed information for 

any purpose other than the prosecution of Ian Kinsey v. Fresno Police Officer 

Victor Mercado, et al., USDC Case No. 13-CV-01757 LJO SAB and the 

information disclosed shall not be utilized in any other proceeding or litigation, or 

for any other purpose. 

5. Plaintiff, plaintiff=s counsel, and plaintiff=s investigators, consultants

and experts, are expressly prohibited from disclosing orally or otherwise the 

information subject to this Protective Order to any person other than those who are 

reasonably necessary for the prosecution of Ian Kinsey v. Fresno Police Officer 

Victor Mercado, et al., USDC Case No. 13-CV-01757 LJO SAB.

6. Plaintiff, plaintiff=s counsel, and plaintiff=s investigators, consultants 

and experts, are expressly prohibited from duplicating, copying or otherwise 

distributing or disseminating any of the disclosed information to any person or 

entity.

7. Counsel for each party shall take reasonable precaution to prevent the

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of any of the protected information.

8. In the event anyone shall violate or threaten to violate any terms of

this Protective Order, the aggrieved party may immediately apply to obtain relief to 

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this court against any such person violating or threatening to violate any of the 

terms of this order. This court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties and any 

other persons subject to the terms of this order for the purpose of enforcing this 

order. The court shall have the power to impose whatever penalties it deems 

appropriate for the violation of said order, including, but not limited to, monetary 

and judicial sanctions and contempt.

9. At the final conclusion of this action, all disclosed materials will be 

returned to the counsel for the Defendants without request and within 60 days of 

the final judgment, including any appeals, if any. 

10. This order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the 

extent that the information disclosed remains confidential and does not become 

known to the public, and the court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute 

concerning the use of the information disclosed herein. 

11. Submission of any documents subject to the protective order to the 

Court must comply with Local Rule 141.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 22, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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