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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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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIMBERLY A. GAAB

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Federal Building, Room 3654

1130 “O” Street

Fresno, California 93721

Telephone: (559) 498-7272

Facsimile: (559) 498-7432

Attorneys for Defendant William J. Henderson,

Postmaster General of the United States of America

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAKILA E. SALAZAR, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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WILLIAM J. HENDERSON, )

POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE )

UNITES STATES OF AMERICA, )

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Defendant. )

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1:00-cv-06865-DLB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Plaintiff DAKILA SALAZAR (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant

WILLIAM J. HENDERSON, POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA (“Defendant”), by and through undersigned counsel, hereby

stipulate to the following protective order (“Order”), and

respectfully request that the Court so approve.

1. The parties agree that Defendant may designate any

document produced in supplemental response to Plaintiff’s First

Request for Production of Documents as “confidential” under the

terms of this Order. Confidential information is information

which (i) has not been made public and to which Plaintiff does

not otherwise have access and (ii) concerns or relates to 

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employment and/or pre-employment records of Plaintiff or other

third parties. By designating a document as “confidential” under

the terms of this Order, Defendant is certifying to the Court

that there is a good faith basis both in law and in fact for the

designation within the meaning of Rule 26(g) of the Federal Rules

of Civil Procedure.

2. Defendant shall designate confidential documents by

stamping copies of the documents produced to Plaintiff with the

legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” Stamping the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” on the

cover of any multi-page document shall designate all pages of the

document as confidential, unless otherwise indicated by

Defendant.

3. Material designated as confidential under this Order,

the information contained therein, and any summaries, copies,

abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or in part from

material designated as confidential (“Confidential Material”)

shall be used only in connection with the litigation or

settlement of this action, and for no other purpose.

4. Confidential Material produced by Defendant pursuant to

this Order may be disclosed or made available only to the Court,

to counsel for Plaintiff (including the paralegal, clerical, and

secretarial staff employed by counsel for Plaintiff), and to the

“qualified persons” designated below:

(a) Plaintiff;

(b) experts or consultants (together with their 

clerical staff) retained by Plaintiff’s counsel to 

assist in the litigation or settlement of this 

action;

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

(d) a witness at any proceeding in this action; 

and

(e) any other person as to whom the parties agree 

in writing.

Prior to receiving any Confidential Material, each “qualified

person” shall be provided with a copy of this Order and shall

execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A,

the original of which shall be provided to counsel for Defendant.

5. Defendant may further designate certain documents of a

highly confidential nature as “CONFIDENTIAL——ATTORNEY’S EYES

ONLY” (“Attorney’s Eyes Only Material”), in the manner described

in paragraph 2 above. Attorney’s Eyes Only Material, and the

information contained therein, shall be disclosed only to the

Court, to counsel for Plaintiff (including the paralegal,

clerical, and secretarial staff employed by counsel for

Plaintiff), and to the “qualified persons” listed in

subparagraphs 4(b)-(e) above, but shall not be disclosed to

Plaintiff, unless otherwise agreed or ordered. If disclosure of

Attorney’s Eyes Only Material is made pursuant to this paragraph,

all other provisions in this Order with respect to

confidentiality also apply.

6. Nothing in this Order shall impose any restrictions on

the use or disclosure of material obtained by Plaintiff

independent of discovery in this action, whether or not such

material is also obtained through discovery in this action. 

Additionally, nothing in this Order shall impose any restrictions

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on or otherwise prevent Defendant from disclosing its own

Confidential Material as it deems appropriate.

7. If Confidential Material is included in any papers

filed by Plaintiff with the Court, such papers shall be labeled

“Confidential——Subject to Court Order” and filed under seal until

further order of the Court.

8. 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 Plaintiff shall take

all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such

use.

9. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of

the parties to (a) bring before the Court at any time the

question of whether any particular document is confidential or

whether its use should be restricted or (b) present a motion to

the Court under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure for a separate protective order as to any particular

document, including restrictions differing from those as

specified above. This Order shall not be deemed to prejudice the

parties in any way in any future application for modification of

this Order.

10. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of

facilitating the exchange of documents between the parties to

this action without involving the Court unnecessarily in the

process. Nothing in this Order, nor the production of any

document under the terms of this Order, nor any proceedings

pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to have the effect of

(a) an admission or waiver by either party, (b) altering the

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confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any document, or

(c) altering any existing obligation of any party or the absence

thereof.

11. This Order shall survive the final termination of this

action, to the extent that the information contained in

Confidential Material is not or does not become known to the

public, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any

dispute concerning the use of information disclosed under this

Order. Upon termination of this case, counsel for Plaintiff

shall assemble and return to Defendant all documents designated

as confidential and all copies of such documents, or shall

certify the destruction thereof.

Dated:

Respectfully submitted,

THOMAS ANTON & ASSOCIATES McGREGOR W. SCOTT

 United States Attorney

/s/Stephen P. Wainer By: /s/Kimberly A. Gaab 

THOMAS J. ANTON KIMBERLY A. GAAB

STEPHEN P. WAINER Attorneys for Defendant

Attorneys for Plaintiff William J. Henderson,

Dakila E. Salazar Postmaster General of the

 United States of America

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 7, 2005 _____/s/ Dennis L. Beck__________

 DENNIS L. BECK

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Attachment A

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ______________________________, do solemnly swear that I

am fully familiar with the terms of the Stipulated Protective

Order entered in Dakila E. Salazar v. William Henderson,

Postmaster General of the United States of America, United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Case

No. 1:00-cv-06865-DLB, and hereby agree to comply with and be

bound by the terms and conditions of that Order unless and until

modified by further Order of the Court. I hereby consent to the

jurisdiction of the above Court for purposes of enforcing this

Order.

Dated:

______________________________

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