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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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EDMUND G. BROWN, JR. 

Attorney General of California 

JAY C. RUSSELL (CA SBN 122626) 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

JOSE A. ZELIDON-ZEPEDA (CA SBN 227108) 

Deputy Attorney General 

Jose.ZelidonZepeda@doj.ca.gov 

NEAH HUYNH (CA SBN 235377) 

Deputy Attorney General 

Neah.Huynh@doj.ca.gov 

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, California 94102-5781 

Telephone: 415.703.5781 

Facsimile: 415.703.5843 

Attorneys for Defendants 

J. RODRIGUEZ, E. CAMARENA, J. PARRA, 

D. VEGA, and SERGEANT KIRCHER 

MATTHEW I. KREEGER (CA SBN 56398)

MKreeger@mofo.com 

CATHARINE B. BAKER (CA SBN 210011) 

CBaker@mofo.com 

JANELLE SAHOURIA (CA SBN 253699) 

JSahouria@mofo.com 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, California 94105-2482 

Telephone: 415.268.7000 

Facsimile: 415.268.7522 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

THOMAS RAY WOODSON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

THOMAS RAY WOODSON,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

J. RODRIGUEZ, et al., 

Defendants. 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER REGARDING 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

Judge: The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

Complaint Filed: September 21, 2007 

Trial Date: June 27, 2011 

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Plaintiff Thomas R. Woodson (“Plaintiff”) and Defendants J. Rodriguez, E. Camarena, 

J. Parra, D. Vega and Sergeant Kircher (collectively, “Defendants”), recognizing that the Parties 

or non-parties may have confidential or private information relevant to the subject matter of this 

lawsuit that would otherwise be subject to discovery, have agreed to this Order on the terms set 

forth below. It appearing to the Court that the Parties have agreed to the terms of an appropriate 

Order to govern discovery proceedings in this action, and good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 

Discovery activity in this action is likely to involve disclosures and production of 

confidential or private information requiring special protection from public disclosure and 

restricting its use solely to the litigation of this case, Thomas Ray Woodson v. J. Rodriguez, et al., 

Case No. 4:07-CV-04925-CW. 

2. DEFINITIONS 

2.1 Party: any Party to this action, including employees, consultants, retained experts, 

and counsel for any Party. 

2.2 Documents: all items or information, regardless of the medium or manner 

generated, stored, or maintained, including but not limited to: written, recorded or graphic matter, 

whether in hard copy or electronic form; testimony or transcripts, whether in written or oral form; 

interrogatory answers, requests to admit and responses thereto in this action; designs, technical 

data, or drawings; any portion of any court paper filed in this action that quotes or summarizes 

any of these items; or any tangible things. 

2.3 Disclosures or Discovery Material: all documents that are produced or generated 

by the Parties or non-parties in disclosures or in response to any request for production, any 

interrogatory response, any response to a request for admission, or any response to a subpoena. 

2.4 “Confidential” Information or Items: all documents that a Designating Party in 

good faith believes contain confidential or personal information that is not publicly known, 

cannot be ascertained from an inspection of publicly available documents, includes an 

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individual’s private information, or qualifies for protection under standards developed under 

California or federal law. These items are to be marked “Confidential.” 

2.5 “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” Information or Items: all documents that a 

Designating Party in good faith believes contain confidential or personal information, or an 

individual’s private information that is not publicly known and cannot be ascertained from an 

inspection of publicly available documents, and whose disclosure to a Receiving Party or nonparty would create a substantial risk of injury to the Designating Party, Producing Party, or 

persons identified in the materials (including but not limited to impacting prison safety and 

security) that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. These items are to be marked 

“Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” 

2.6 Producing Party: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosures or Discovery 

Material in this action. 

2.7 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosures or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party. 

2.8 Designating Party: a Party or non-party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “Confidential” or “Confidential - 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” 

2.9 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” 

2.10 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as a consultant or an expert 

witness in this action and who is not a past or a current employee of a Party and who, at the time 

of retention, is not, or is not anticipated to become, an employee of a Party. This definition 

includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained in connection with this litigation. 

2.11 Professional Vendors: persons or entities providing litigation support services 

(including, but not limited to, photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 

demonstrations, organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium), and their 

employees and subcontractors. 

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3. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 

3.1 If any Party or non-party to this action claims any document or other material 

produced by such Party or non-party or any information contained in the document or material is 

confidential, then the Party or non-Party claiming confidentiality shall mark the document or 

other material with a stamp identifying it as “Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only,” in accordance with this Order. 

3.2 Timing of Designations: Except as otherwise provided in this Order, or as 

otherwise stipulated or ordered, material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be 

clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

3.3 Manner of Designations: Designation in conformity with this Order requires the 

Producing Party to do the following: 

(a) Information in documentary form: (excluding testimony in pretrial or trial 

proceedings), affix the legend “Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” on each 

page that contains protected material. If only a portion(s) of the material on a page qualifies for 

protection, the Producing Party must clearly identify the protected portion(s) and must specify the 

appropriate designation. In order to speed up the process of producing large volumes of Protected 

Material, for multi-page documents in which some, but not all, pages contain Protected Material, 

the Designating Party can mark every page of the document “Confidential” or “Confidential — 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” and produce the document, and then have within ten (10) calendar days 

from production to de-designate specific pages, if any. Where it is not possible to affix a legend 

to particular Protected Material, the Producing Party shall take reasonable steps to give all 

Receiving Parties notice of the Protected Material’s status as such. 

(b) Testimony given in pretrial or trial proceedings: identify on the record, 

before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, the question or the line of 

questioning the answer to which discloses confidential information or could lead to the disclosure 

of confidential information and identify its appropriate level of designation. When it is 

impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony entitled to protection, and when it 

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party that sponsors, offers, or gives the testimony may invoke on the record before the deposition 

or proceeding is concluded a right to have up to ten (10) calendar days from receipt of a copy of 

the deposition transcript to identify the specific portions of the testimony to be protected and to 

specify its level of designation. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately 

designated for protection within the ten days shall be covered by the provisions of this Order. 

Transcript pages containing Protected Material shall be separately bound by the court 

reporter provided the reporter is given timely notice by the Designating Party before transcribing 

the deposition, who must affix to the top of each such page the legend “Confidential” or 

“Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” as instructed by the Party or non-party offering or 

sponsoring the witness or presenting the testimony. Alternatively, the Party seeking such 

protection may notify the other Parties within such ten- (10) day period by letter of the pages to 

be deemed Protected Material. 

(c) Non-documentary and all other tangible items: affix in a prominent place 

on the exterior of the container(s) in which the information or item is stored the appropriate 

designation. If only portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, 

to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portions and the appropriate designation. 

Where a computer disk has been designated “Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only” pursuant to this Order and the files on it are not individually stamped or identified as 

Protected Materials, all files contained on the disk shall be considered Protected Material in 

accordance with the Producing Party’s designation of the disk. 

3.4 Inadvertent Designation: If it comes to a Party’s or a non-party’s attention that 

information or items that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all, or do not 

qualify for the level of protection initially asserted, that Party or non-party must notify, no later 

than ten (10) days from production or discovery of the inadvertent designation, whichever comes 

later, all other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

3.5 Inadvertent Failure to Designate: An inadvertent failure to designate qualified 

information or items as “Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” does not, 

standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such 

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material, provided the Designating Party asserts such designation in writing to the Receiving 

Party within ten (10) calendar days of the Designating Party’s discovery of such inadvertent 

failure to designate. If material is designated as “Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only” after the material was initially produced, the Receiving Party, on timely notification 

of the designation, must make all reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in 

accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

3.6 Redaction of Certain Personal Information: The following private personal 

information of Defendants that is contained in the Confidential Material shall be redacted by the 

Producing Party: personal telephone numbers, home addresses, Social Security numbers, names 

of family members, and financial records. If the Receiving Party discovers such private personal 

information in the Confidential Material that should have been redacted in accordance with this 

order, the Receiving Party shall promptly notify the Producing Party and take immediate steps to 

maintain the strict confidentiality of such information. Upon producing documents with redacted 

information, the Producing Party shall also serve on the Receiving Party an index providing a 

description of the information redacted and the reason for the redaction. This index shall be 

produced as promptly as practicable but no later than 10 calendar days from the date on which 

production was due. 

4. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION 

If the Producing Party inadvertently discloses information, including electronic 

documents, that is privileged (including, without limitation, information that is subject to the 

attorney-client or work product privileges), and the Producing Party discovers the inadvertent 

disclosure, the Producing Party shall promptly, but not later than ten (10) calendar days upon 

discovery of such disclosure, so advise the Receiving Party in writing and request that the item or 

items of information be returned; alternatively, if the Receiving Party discovers the inadvertent 

disclosure, the Receiving Party shall promptly, but not later than ten (10) calendar days upon 

discovery of such disclosure, so advise the Producing Party in writing and return the item or 

items. No Party to this action shall thereafter assert that such disclosure standing alone waived 

any privilege. It is further agreed that the Receiving Party shall return or destroy such privileged 

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documents, and all copies thereof, within 10 calendar days of receiving a written request for the 

return of such item or items of information. To the extent such information is otherwise 

discoverable, the Receiving Party having returned such documents may thereafter, without 

asserting waiver because of inadvertent production, seek production of any such documents in 

accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

5. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 

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

confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable substantial unfairness, unnecessary 

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. 

5.2 Meet and Confer: A Party that elects to challenge a Designating Party’s 

confidentiality designation must do so in good faith and must begin the process by conferring 

directly with counsel for the Designating Party. The Receiving Party must explain in writing sent 

to counsel for the Designating Party the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was 

not proper and must give the Designating Party five (5) court days 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. The Receiving Party may proceed to the next stage of the 

challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first. 

5.3 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 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 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. 

5.4 Burden of Persuasion: In any such challenge proceeding, the burden shall be 

allocated according to applicable law. Until the court rules on the challenge, all parties shall 

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continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the 

Producing Party’s designation. 

6. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

6.1 Except as otherwise agreed upon by the Parties in writing, all Protected Material 

produced in this litigation shall be used only by persons permitted access to it pursuant to this 

Order, and shall be used only for purposes of prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this 

action, and any appeal thereof, and may not be used for any other purposes. This limitation on 

usage is without prejudice to any subsequent agreement in writing between the Parties to permit 

use of Protected Material, or specific documents or portions thereof, in other actions. This 

limitation on usage is also without prejudice to the right of either Party to seek leave of court to 

permit use of Protected Material, or specific documents of portions thereof, in other actions. 

6.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Use of any information 

and documents marked “Confidential,” including all information derived therefrom, shall be 

restricted solely to the following persons, who agree to be bound by the terms of this Order, 

unless additional persons are stipulated by counsel or authorized by the Court. When this 

litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 10, 

below (entitled “FINAL DISPOSITION”): 

(a) Employers or employees of any Party for whom it is necessary for this 

litigation to disclose the confidential information and documents; 

(b) Counsel of record for the Parties, including employees of said counsel to 

whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation; 

(c) Those representatives (including legal representatives) of the Parties 

deemed necessary to aid counsel in the conduct of the action; 

(d) Any and all individual Parties in this action; 

(e) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, during their depositions, 

witnesses (excluding inmates and parolees) in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” set forth in 

Exhibit A; 

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(f) Such consultants, experts and investigators (including their professional 

staffs) retained by the Parties to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this action, provided 

that such individual has signed the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” set forth in 

Exhibit A; 

(g) The Court, its personnel, and potential jurors and alternate jurors; 

(h) Professional vendors and their staff to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this litigation; 

(i) Court reporters and videographers used in connection with the conduct of 

this action; 

(j) Any author or recipient of the document or the original source of the 

information; 

(k) Any person that may be liable to satisfy part or all of any judgment which 

may be entered in the action or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy a 

judgment; and 

(l) Any other persons as to whom the Parties in writing agree. 

6.3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 

Items: Use of any information and documents designated “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” 

including all information derived therefrom, shall be restricted solely to the following persons, 

who agree to be bound by the terms of this Order, unless additional persons are stipulated by 

counsel or authorized by the Court: 

(a) Counsel representing either Party, including employees of said counsel to 

whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this litigation; 

(b) Consultants, experts, and investigators (including their professional staffs) 

retained by the Parties to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, provided 

that such individual signs the “Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order” set forth in Exhibit 

A; 

(c) The Court, its personnel, jurors, and potential trial and alternate jurors; 

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(d) Professional vendors and their staff to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this action; 

(e) Court reporters and videographers used in connection with the conduct of 

this action; 

(f) The author or recipient of the document or the original source of the 

information; 

(g) Any person that may be liable to satisfy part or all of any judgment which 

may be entered in the action or to indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy a 

judgment; and 

(h) Any other persons as to whom the Parties in writing agree. 

6.4 Storage of Protected Material: The Receiving Party of any Protected Material 

shall maintain such information in a secure and safe area and shall use best efforts to maintain the 

confidentiality of such information and ensure that access to the Protected Materials is strictly 

limited to persons entitled to receive Protected Material in accordance with the provisions of this 

Order. 

6.5 Disclosure of Protected Material at Deposition: No person shall attend portions of 

depositions during which Protected Material is disclosed unless such person is an authorized 

recipient of Protected Material under the terms of this Order. If, during the course of a 

deposition, the response to a question would require the disclosure of Protected Material, the 

witness may refuse to answer or the Party whose Protected Material would be disclosed may 

instruct the witness not to answer or not to complete his answer, as the case may be, until any 

persons not authorized to receive Protected Material have left the room. 

7. PROTECTED MATERIAL ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 

If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or an order issued in other litigation that 

would compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “Confidential” 

or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” the Receiving Party must so notify the Designating 

Party, in writing immediately and in no event more than seven (7) calendar days after receiving 

the subpoena or order. Such notification must include a copy of the subpoena or court order. 

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The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the party who caused the 

subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all the material covered by the 

subpoena or order is subject to this Order. In addition, the Receiving Party must deliver a copy of 

this Order promptly to the party in the other action that caused the subpoena or order to issue. 

The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of 

this Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect its 

confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. The Designating 

Party shall bear the burdens and the expenses of seeking protection in that court of its confidential 

material. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a 

Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. The Party or nonparty receiving the subpoena or order shall be entitled to comply with it, except to the extent the 

Party or non-party asserting the confidential treatment under this Order has filed for or succeeded 

in obtaining an order modifying or quashing the subpoena or order. 

8. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Order, the Receiving 

Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized 

disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the 

person(s) to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) 

request such person or persons execute an agreement to be bound by the Order as set forth in 

Exhibit A. 

9. FILING PROTECTED MATERIAL 

Without prior written permission from the Designating Party or a court order secured after 

appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action 

any Protected Material. A Party seeking to file under seal any Protected Material with the Court 

or include Protected Material in whole or in part in pleadings, motions, briefs, etc., must first 

comply with all applicable rules and procedures. 

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In the event a Party inadvertently or otherwise files Protected Material in the public record 

without first obtaining written permission from the Designating Party or a court order authorizing 

public disclosure of the Protected Material, that Party shall immediately seek an expedited court 

order removing the Protected Material from the public record and placing the Protected Material 

conditionally under seal, and shall otherwise comply with the applicable rules and procedures for 

filing the Protected Material under seal. 

10. FINAL DISPOSITION 

10.1 Filed Documents: If portions of documents or other materials deemed 

“Confidential” or “Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only” are filed with the Court, they shall be 

marked with the appropriate designation required by the local rules, placed under seal in 

compliance with all applicable rules and procedures, and not be opened nor the contents revealed 

except if necessary to be revealed to the Court, and then immediately resealed, by agreement of 

the Parties, or by prior order of the court. 

10.2 Produced Documents: Within thirty (30) days after the entry of a final judgment 

in this case, or the execution of any agreement between the Parties to amicably resolve and settle 

this case, all documents, transcripts, or other materials marked “Confidential” or “Confidential - 

Attorneys’ Eyes Only,” including all copies, extracts, and complete or partial summaries thereof; 

shall either be destroyed or returned to counsel for the party whose confidential material 

constituted or was included within such documents, transcripts, or other materials at the option of 

the Designating Party. The Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing 

Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the thirty-(30) day 

deadline that identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 

returned or destroyed and that affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, 

abstracts, compilations, summaries or other forms of reproducing or capturing of any of the 

Protected Material. This material shall be delivered to the respective counsel in sealed envelopes 

or packages marked “Confidential.” 

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11. SCOPE 

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined 

above), but also 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 Protected Material. 

12. DURATION 

Even after the termination of this litigation, including all appeals, the confidentiality 

obligations imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 

otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. 

13. RIGHT TO OBJECT 

By stipulating to the entry of this Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would 

have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in 

this Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any 

of the material covered by this Order. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to preclude any 

Party from seeking and obtaining, on appropriate showing, such additional protection with respect 

to Protected Material as that Party may consider appropriate. Similarly, nothing in this Order 

shall operate as an admission by any Party that any particular Document or information is or is 

not confidential, or as an admission by any Party that any particular Document or information is 

or is not subject to discovery or admissible in evidence at trial in this action. 

14. RIGHT TO FURTHER RELIEF 

Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the 

Court in the future. The Court may modify this Order in the interests of justice or for public 

policy reasons. 

15. RETENTION OF JURISDICTION 

The Parties and all persons subject to discovery in these proceedings or who receive a 

copy of this Order, hereby consent to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of enforcement 

of the provisions of this Order. The Court hereby retains jurisdiction to interpret and enforce this 

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Order during the pendency of this action and following dismissal, if any, and further retains 

jurisdiction to modify, amend or make additions to this Order as it may from time to time deem 

appropriate. Any violation of the terms of this Order may result in the imposition of such relief as 

the Court deems appropriate. 

Dated: June _____, 2010 Respectfully Submitted, 

MATTHEW I. KREEGER 

CATHARINE B. BAKER 

JANELLE SAHOURIA 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: 

CATHARINE B. BAKER 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THOMAS RAY WOODSON 

Dated: June _____, 2010 JOSE A. ZELIDON-ZEPEDA 

NEAH HUYNH 

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S 

OFFICE 

By: 

JOSE A. ZELIDON-ZEPEDA 

Attorneys for Defendants 

J. RODRIGUEZ, E. CAMARENA, J. 

PARRA, D. VEGA, AND SERGEANT 

KIRCHER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July 1, 2010 ________________________________________ HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Court Judge

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

I, ____________________________, do solemnly swear or affirm that I have been 

provided with and have read the Stipulated Protective Order Regarding Confidential Information 

in Thomas Ray Woodson v. J. Rodriguez, et al., Case No. 4:07-CV-04925-CW. I understand the 

terms and effect of that Order. I expressly agree that I will not disclose any information received 

by me pursuant to the Order and I agree to be bound by its terms as ordered by the Court. I 

understand that if I violate the terms of the Order, I may be subject to an enforcement proceeding 

before the Court, and I will comply with and be bound by the terms and conditions of said Order 

unless and until modified by further order of the Court. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the 

United States District Court for the Northern District of California for purposes of enforcing this 

Order. 

Name: ___________________________ 

Dated: ___________________________ 

Address: ___________________________ 

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