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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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Stipulation For Protective Order and [Proposed] Protective Order

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LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP

John A. Lavra, CSB No.: 114533

Kelley S. Kern, CSB No.: 221265

3620 American River Drive, Suite 230

Sacramento, CA 95864

Phone: 916-974-8500

Facsimile: 916-974-8510

Attorneys for Defendant COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO and

DEPUTY BURNETTE

LAW OFFICE OF BROWN & GESSELL

Douglas A. Gessell, SBN: 210112

Steven L. Brown, SBN: 166278

2155 W. March Lane, Suite 1D

Stockton, CA 95207

Phone: 209-430-5480

Facsimile: 209-466-5480

Attorneys for Plaintiff MARTIN GASCA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO DIVISION

MARTIN GASCA, an individual

Plaintiff,

vs.

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, a municipal 

corporation; DOE OFFICER 1 and DOES 2-

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Case No.: 2:15-cv-01109-WBS-CKD

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

Subject to the approval of this Court, the parties hereby stipulate to the following 

protective order:

1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, the parties hereby designate 

documents as “confidential” under the terms of this Stipulation for Protective Order 

(hereinafter “Order”). The documents protected pursuant to this Order have not been 

made public and the disclosure of said documents would have the effect of causing harm.

2. The documents eligible for protection under this order specifically include:

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A. An individual defendant’s personnel file and/or other writings pertaining to a 

Defendants employment as a peace officer generally protected from public 

disclosure pursuant to state law and federal evidentiary privilege. Production of

such documents would violate an individual’s or third party’s right to privacy. 

3. By designating documents as “confidential” under the terms of this Order, the party 

making the designation 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 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(g).

4. Documents produced by a party shall be designated by the party as “confidential” by 

bates stamping copies of the document with the word “CONFIDENTIAL”. The 

producing party shall also watermark and/or affix legends to such documents using the 

words “CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO COURT ORDER.”

5. Documents designated as “confidential” under this Order (hereinafter, “Confidential 

Material”), the information contained therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or 

other documents derived in whole or in part from material designated as confidential 

shall be used only for the purpose of this action, and for no other purpose.

6. Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made 

available only to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff 

employed by such counsel and independent office services vendors hired by such 

counsel). Confidential Material may be provided to any expert retained for consultation 

and/or trial. In the event that Confidential Material is given to an expert, counsel that 

retained the expert shall provide a copy of this Order with the Confidential Material. 

7. The Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order will be redacted with respect 

to (i) social security numbers; (ii) dates of birth; (iii) financial information (including 

financial account numbers); and (iv) in all circumstances when federal law requires 

redaction. Each redaction must be identified by showing what information has been 

redacted (e.g., “social security number,” etc.) This provision complies with Eastern 

District Local Rule 140.

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8. If a party would like to use Confidential Material in Court filings, at least seven (7) days 

notice shall be given to all parties. All parties shall comply with the requirements of 

Eastern District Local Rule 141, in the event that a party would like Confidential Material 

to be sealed. 

9. Nothing in this Order shall in any way limit or prevent Confidential Material from being 

used in any deposition or other proceeding in this action. In the event that any 

Confidential Material is used in any deposition or other proceeding in this action, it shall 

not lose its confidential status through such use. 

10. This Order is entered 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, or the production of any document under the terms of this Order, 

shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party or of altering 

the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document.

11. Nothing in this Order shall in and of itself require disclosure of information that is 

protected by the attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or any other privilege, 

doctrine, or immunity, nor does anything in this Order, result in any party giving up its 

right to argue that otherwise privileged documents must be produced due to waiver or for 

any other reason.

12. If Confidential Material produced in accordance with this Order is disclosed to any 

person other than in the manner authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the 

disclosure shall immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the 

attention of all counsel of record and, without prejudice to other rights and remedies 

available to the producing party, make every effort to obtain the return of the disclosed 

Confidential Material and prevent further disclosure of it by the person who was the 

recipient of such information.

13. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent that the 

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 the information disclosed 

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hereunder. Counsel for the parties shall destroy or return all Confidential Material in 

their possession, custody, or control, and provide proof of destruction or return within 

forty-five (45) days of final termination of this action, which shall be deemed to occur 

only when final judgment has been entered and all appeals have been exhausted. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: March 2, 2016 LONGYEAR, O’DEA & LAVRA, LLP

By: /s/ Kelley S. Kern

JOHN A. LAVRA

KELLEY S. KERN

Attorneys for Defendant

Dated: March 2, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF BROWN & GESSELL

By: /s/ Douglas A. Gessell

DOUGLAS A. GESSELL

STEVEN L. BROWN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: March 7, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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