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Nature of Suit Code: 625
Nature of Suit: Drug Related Seizure of Property
Cause of Action: 21:881 Forfeiture Property - Real Estate

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Stipulation for Protective Order/Order 1

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KRISTIN S. DOOR SBN 84307

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2723

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

 )

Plaintiff, ) 

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 v. )

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REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 604 ) 

WREN COURT, ROSEVILLE, )

CALIFORNIA, PLACER COUNTY, )

APN: 469-070-025, INCLUDING )

ALL APPURTENANCES AND )

IMPROVEMENTS THERETO, ) 

 ) 

 Defendant. )

_____________________________)

2:06-CV-01134 WBS/GGH

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

AND ORDER

Plaintiff United States of America, claimant Robert K.

Harris, claimant Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.("Countrywide") and

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for

Countrywide, and claimant Mortgage Electronic Registration

Systems, Inc. ("MERS") hereby stipulate to the following

protective order:

1. Claimant Robert Harris ["Harris"] is the owner of the

defendant real property.

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Stipulation for Protective Order/Order 2

2. Claimants Countrywide and MERS are the beneficiaries

under two separate deeds of trust encumbering the defendant real

property.

3. Plaintiff United States of America noticed Harris'

deposition and commenced his deposition on April 17, 2007. 

During the deposition Harris declined to answer many questions

about this civil forfeiture action citing his Fifth Amendment

right against self-incrimination. The deposition was suspended

with the consent of the parties, to be continued to another date,

so that the parties could seek this protective order. 

4. Harris' assertion of his Fifth Amendment right against

self-incrimination substantially interferes with his ability to

contest this forfeiture action and with plaintiff's ability to

question Harris about the Claim he filed in this action, the

Answer he filed to the forfeiture complaint, and the activities

at the defendant property that are the basis for the forfeiture. 

5. Plaintiff must complete Harris' deposition in order to

complete discovery.

6. Plaintiff agrees that no testimony or documents Harris 

produces in this civil forfeiture action, whether by way of

discovery responses, deposition testimony, or trial testimony,

shall be used by federal, state, or local authorities in

connection with any criminal prosecution other than as set forth

in paragraph 7 below.

 7. Except as provided in Paragraph 11, Plaintiff agrees

not to provide discovery documents, discovery responses, or

deposition or trial testimony to any federal, state, or local

prosecutor for use in a criminal prosecution, and agrees that

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Stipulation for Protective Order/Order 3

this material shall be used only for the purposes of the

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, and for no

other purpose.

8. Claimant understands that the material produced in

discovery may be reviewed by paralegal or secretarial staff in

the U.S. Attorney's Office or by law enforcement agents (federal,

state, or local) solely for purposes of the prosecution, defense,

or settlement of this civil forfeiture action, and for no other

purpose. 

9. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to prevent a

federal, state, or local law enforcement officer from attending

claimant's deposition or the deposition of any witness. 

10. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to prevent the

plaintiff from filing claimant's discovery responses or

deposition testimony in court as exhibits to a motion such as a

motion for summary judgment or motion to compel discovery,

provided however that plaintiff will request said filings to be

sealed.

11. Nothing in this stipulation is intended to prevent the

plaintiff from using any testimony or documents Harris produces

in this civil forfeiture action in any subsequent prosecution for

perjury or false statement.

12. This order shall survive the final disposition of this

case, and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any

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Stipulation for Protective Order/Order 4

 dispute concerning the use of information produced hereunder. 

Dated: May 11, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Kristin S. Door

KRISTIN S. DOOR

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Dated: May 15, 2007 /s/ Che L. Hashim

CHE L. HASHIM

Attorney for claimant

Robert K. Harris

Dated: May 23, 2007 /s/ David A. Brooks 

DAVID A. BROOKS

Attorneys for Claimant

Countrywide 

Dated: May 15, 2007 /s/ Glenn H. Wechsler 

GLENN H. WECHSLER

Attorney for Claimant

MERS

(Original signatures retained

by plaintiff's attorney)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:5/31/07 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

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GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

United States Magistrate Judge

06cv1134.ord

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