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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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Case No. 2:19-cv-01439-KJM-KJN STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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CLAUDIA M. QUINTANA

City Attorney, SBN 178613

BY: TIMOTHY R. SMYTH

Assistant City Attorney, SBN 258661

CITY OF VALLEJO, City Hall

555 Santa Clara Street, P.O. Box 3068

Vallejo, CA 94590

Tel: (707) 648-4545

Fax: (707) 648-4687

Email: timothy.smyth@cityofvallejo.net

Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF VALLEJO, 

VALLEJO POLIC EDEPARTMENT

WENDY H. CHAU ESQ., SBN 278801

LAW OFFICES OF WENDY H. CHAU

580 California Street, Suite 1200

San Francisco, CA 94101

Telephone: (415) 539-6116

Facsimile: (888) 958-1953

Email: info@attorneychau.com

Attorney for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO DIVISION

JOSEPH LAKE,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al.

Defendants.

Case No: 2:19-cv-01439-KJM-KJN

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY ALL PARTIES to this action by and through their 

attorneys of record, that in order to protect the confidentiality of the records described below, 

any of said records disclosed are subject to a protective order and designated as “Confidential 

Material” as follows:

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1. “Confidential material” which qualifies for protection under this agreement and 

under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) and for which public disclosure is 

likely to result in particularized harm and violate privacy interests recognized by 

law, includes, but is not limited to, the following information (regardless of how it 

is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things:

a. Personnel file records of any peace officer;

b. Medical records.

c. Social security numbers and similar sensitive identifying 

information (unless redacted by order or by agreement of all 

parties).

d. Any relevant citizen complaints and internal affairs investigations, 

including allegations of excessive force or alleged dishonesty 

against any to-be-named City Officers within the last five years.

e. Police records which would potentially disclose confidential 

informant information, or in any way compromise an ongoing 

criminal investigation.

2. Confidential material may not be disclosed except as set forth in paragraphs 3- 5.

3. Confidential Material may be disclosed only to the following persons:

a. Counsel for any party to this action.

b. Paralegal, stenographic, clerical and secretarial personnel regularly 

employed by counsel referred to in 3(a);

c. Court personnel including stenographic reporters engaged in such 

proceedings as are necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial 

of this action;

d. Any outside expert or consultant retained in connection with this 

action, and not otherwise employed by either party;

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e. Any “in house” expert designated by defendants to testify at trial in 

this matter;

f. Witnesses, other than the plaintiffs herein, who may have the

documents disclosed to them during deposition proceedings; the 

witnesses may not leave the depositions with copies of the 

documents, and shall be bound by the provisions of paragraph 5;

g. Any Neutral Evaluator or other designated ADR provider; 

h. Parties to this action; and

i. The jury, should this matter go to trial.

4. Each person to whom disclosure is made, with the exception of counsel who are 

presumed to know of the contents of this protective order, shall, prior to disclosure: (1) be 

provided with a copy of this order by the person furnishing him/her such material, and (2) agree 

on the record or in writing that she/he has read the protective order and that she/he understand 

the provisions of the protective order. Such person must also consent to be subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, with respect to any 

proceeding relating to the enforcement of this order. Defendant City of Vallejo and the named 

defendant herein shall be entitled to retain possession of the original writings described above. 

Nothing in this paragraph 4 is intended to prevent officials or employees of the City of Vallejo or 

other authorized government officials or any other persons from having access to the documents 

if they would have had access in the normal course of their job duties or rights as a citizen. 

Further, nothing in this order prevents a witness from disclosing events or activities personal to 

them, i.e., a witness can disclose to others previous information given to the City of Vallejo with 

respect to what she/he saw, heard, or otherwise sensed.

5. At the conclusion of the trial and of any appeal or upon other termination of this 

litigation, all Confidential Material received under the provision of this order (including any 

copies made) shall be delivered back to the City of Vallejo. Provisions of this order insofar as 

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they restrict disclosure and use of the material shall be in effect until all Confidential Material 

(including all copies thereof) are returned to defendants.

6. Should a party intend to file Confidential Material with the court, as an exhibit to 

a pleading or otherwise, that party must first notify all other parties (through their attorneys), in 

writing and filed with the court, no less than fourteen days before the intended filing date, giving 

any such party reasonable notice and an opportunity to apply to the court for an order to file the 

material under seal. No document shall be filed under seal unless a party secures a court order

allowing the filing of a document under seal in accordance with the provisions of E.D. Local 

Rule 141.

7. Nothing in this order shall preclude a party from showing or disclosing any 

documents, e.g., deposition transcript, pleading or brief, which otherwise contain Confidential 

Material as defined in paragraph 1, as long as such document has been redacted so as to prevent 

disclosure of such Confidential Material.

8. The foregoing is without prejudice to the right of any party (a) to apply to the

Court for a further protective order relating to any Confidential Material or relating to discovery 

in this litigation; (b) to apply to the Court for an order removing the Confidential Material 

designation from any document; and (c) to apply to the Court for an order compelling production 

of documents or modification of this order or for any order permitting disclosure of Confidential 

Materials beyond the terms of this order.

9. Upon receipt of this Protective Order and disclosure of the Confidential Material, 

it will be presumed that plaintiffs know the contents of this Protective Order, understand the 

provisions of this Protective Order and consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court, Eastern District, with respect to any proceeding relating to the enforcement 

of this Protective Order.

10. Confidential Material disclosed may be used in the litigation of this action only, 

and not for any other purpose.

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11. Violation of the terms of this Protective Order MAY SUBJECT a party to any and 

all permissible SANCTIONS, including dismissal.

DATED: January 9, 2020 Respectfully Submitted,

 /s/ Timothy R. Smyth

TIMOTHY R. SMYTH

Assistant City Attorney

Attorney for Defendants, 

CITY OF VALLEJO, et al.

DATED: January 9, 2020

 /s/ Wendy H. Chau

WENDY H, CHAU

Attorney for Plaintiffs

ORDER

The Court has reviewed the parties’ stipulated protective order, which comports with the 

relevant authorities and the Court’s applicable local rule. See L.R. 141.1(c);

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see also Phillips ex 

 

1 The Court’s Local Rules instruct the parties, when requesting a protective order, to 

include in their submission: 

(1) A description of the types of information eligible for protection under the 

order, with the description provided in general terms sufficient to reveal the 

nature of the information (e.g., customer list, formula for soda, diary of a 

troubled child);

(2) A showing of particularized need for protection as to each category of 

information proposed to be covered by the order; and

(3) A showing as to why the need for protection should be addressed by a court 

order, as opposed to a private agreement between or among the parties.

Local Rule 141.1(c).

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rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210 (9th Cir. 2002) (“Generally, the 

public can gain access to litigation documents and information produced during discovery unless 

the party opposing disclosure shows ‘good cause’ why a protective order is necessary.”) 

Therefore, the Court GRANTS the request subject to the following clarification.

The parties’ intent as to the duration of this protective order is unclear. (See, e.g., ¶ 9 of 

the stipulation, supra.) This Court’s Local Rules indicate that once this action is closed, “unless 

otherwise ordered, the Court will not retain jurisdiction over enforcement of the terms of any 

protective order filed in that action.” L.R. 141.1(f). Courts in the district generally do not agree 

to retain jurisdiction after closure of the case, and the Court will not do so here. See, e.g., MD 

Helicopters, Inc. v. Aerometals, Inc., 2017 WL 495778 (E.D. Cal., February 03, 2017). Based 

on this rationale, the Court will not retain jurisdiction over this protective order once the action is 

closed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2020

lake.1439

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