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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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DOOLEY HERR & 

PELTZER, LLP 

100 Willow Plaza 

Suite 300 

Visalia, CA 93291 

(559) 636-0200

Leonard C, Herr, #081896 

DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER 

Attorneys at Law, LLP 

100 Willow Plaza, Suite 300 

Visalia, California 93291 

Telephone: (559) 636-0200 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

 RICHARD WILLIAMS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SANDRA VALDEZ, 

Plaintiff. 

 

v. 

 

CITY OF WOODLAKE, WOODLAKE 

POLICE DEPARTMENT, RICHARD 

WILLIAMS, individually, and in his official 

capacity as Police Officer for the City of 

Woodlake Police Department, and DOES 1 

through 10, inclusive. 

Defendants. 

CASE NO: 1:05-cv-00326 AWI-SMS 

 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER RE CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION; ORDER 

 

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on or about July 2005, Plaintiff, Sandra Valdez filed a Complaint in this 

Court alleging various causes of action against the City of Woodlake and former police 

officer, Richard Williams; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff’s counsel has sought various documents from the City of 

Woodlake and the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office, which may be privileged and 

protected from disclosure; 

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WHEREAS, on December 16, 2005, legal counsel for Plaintiff, Defendant Richard 

Williams and Tulare County (County Counsel) met with the Court to resolve pending issues 

concerning discovery; and 

WHEREAS, after considering the arguments of counsel, the Court’s file and upon 

good cause being shown, the Court ordered the disclosure of certain documents, produced 

by Tulare County (County Counsel) subject to this protective order. 

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties, through 

their undersigned counsel, that this Court enter into the following Stipulated Protective 

Order (“Stipulation” or “Stipulated Protective Order”) with respect to pre-trial discovery. 

This Stipulation shall govern the treatment of all documents produced by any party, 

including in response to any discovery request in this lawsuit entitled Valdez v. City of 

Woodlake, et al., and all copies thereof (the “Discovery Materials”). 

A. Persons to Whom Confidential Documents May Be Disclosed

1. All of the documents produced by the Tulare County District 

Attorney’s Office through County Counsel on December 16, 2005, although not specifically 

marked confidential, shall be deemed and designated as such by legal counsel for Defendant 

Richard Williams and Tulare County District Attorney’s Office. 

2. In the future, during the course of litigation, any party may 

seek to have other Discovery Materials classified as “Confidential.” Any party (“Designating 

Party”) may designate as “Confidential” any Discovery Materials if it/he/she in good faith 

believes that the Discovery Material contains confidential research, development or 

commercial information and/or trade secrets and/or protected information under federal 

or California law. Discovery Materials so designated are referred to herein as “Confidential 

Materials.” Each page of any document designated “Confidential” will be stamped as such 

by the producing party. Such designation shall be stamped or affixed so as not to obscure or 

deface the material or any portion of its contents. Should any party, counsel for any party, 

or any person or entity not a party to this action, who obtains access to all or any material 

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designated as confidential under this Stipulated Protective Order, make copies, duplicates, 

or extracts of or from such Confidential Material, or any portion thereof, the designation 

“Confidential” shall also be stamped on or affixed to such copies, duplicates or extracts, and 

all references in this Stipulated Protective Order shall be deemed to include and apply to 

such copies, duplicates and/or extracts of all information derived from Confidential 

Material and to Confidential Material marked as Exhibits at depositions or otherwise used 

during the litigation. Testimony generated from information designated as “Confidential” 

will be identified as such either by a statement on the record or stamping as “Confidential” 

documents or selected pages of documents containing such testimony. If either party, 

through inadvertence, does not designate certain Discovery Material as “Confidential,” but 

thereafter determines that such Discovery Material should have been so designated, it shall 

provide written notice within 60 days after production, of the designation thereof as 

Confidential Material from the date of receipt of such notice. If, later than 60 days after 

production, either party discovers that certain Discovery Materials should have been 

designated as “Confidential” but were not so designated, the parties shall meet and confer 

regarding redesignation of the Discovery Materials as “Confidential” and, if the Parties are 

unable to reach an agreement, the parties shall follow the procedures for challenging a 

Confidential Designation in paragraph E herein. Likewise, if a party designates certain 

Discovery Material as “Confidential” and later determines that such Discovery Material 

should not have been so designated, it shall provide written notice of the removal of the 

designation along with a duplicate copy of the Discovery Material without the “Confidential” 

marking. 

3. All Confidential Material and any portion thereof, including 

copies thereof, information contained therein and any abstracts, extracts, indices, 

summaries, charts, notes or other information derived therefrom, shall be deemed 

confidential, shall be used solely for the purposes of preparation, trial, appeals or settlement 

of this Action, and shall not be disclosed, given, shown, made available discussed or 

otherwise communicated in any way to anyone other than: (a) the Court and Court 

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personnel, (b) the parties’ legal counsel in this action, (c) stenographic reporters, (d) any 

expert or consultant retained by the parties’ counsel in connection with this Action, and (e) 

outside vendors who perform microfiching, photocopying or similar clerical functions 

(“Outside Vendors”). Confidential Material may not be disclosed to any other person or 

entity without the written consent of the designating party or further order of the Court. 

Any disclosure should be only to the extent reasonably necessary to effective prosecution 

and defense of the parties’ claims in this Action, and for no other purpose. 

B. Conditions of Disclosure

1. Prior to disclosure of Confidential Material or any information 

contained therein to a person qualified to receive it under Paragraph A.2, counsel for the 

party making the disclosure shall secure from each such person an Acknowledgment in the 

form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” that he or she has read this Stipulated Protective Order, 

he or she may not, and that he or she undertakes not to, divulge any Confidential Material 

or any information contained therein except in the preparation, trial or appeal of this action 

and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stipulated Protective Order, and 

that he or she will not use the material for any other purpose. 

2. Confidential Material shall be copied only by the parties’ 

counsel in this Action (or by clerical personnel or Outside Vendors assisting such counsel) 

and only for purposes permitted by this Stipulated Protective Order, and control and 

distribution of Confidential Material and copies thereof shall be the responsibility of such 

counsel, who shall maintain a list of all persons to whom Confidential Material has been 

disclosed as well as the written assurances executed by such persons as provided in 

paragraph A.2. For good cause shown in connection with any question of improper 

disclosure, a designating party may request the Court to order a party to disclose in camera 

a list of all persons to whom Confidential Material has been disclosed as well as the written 

assurances executed by such persons. 

C. Protecting Confidential Information at Depositions

1. If either party determines that Confidential Material may be disclosed during 

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the course of any deposition, counsel shall be entitled to request that any persona present at 

the deposition be required to sign an Acknowledgment in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit “A.” 

2. If any Confidential Material is marked as an exhibit in a deposition, or 

during a hearing herein, and/or its content are disclosed, wholly or partially, in the course 

of the testimony at such deposition or hearing of the portions of such testimony that refer to 

Confidential Material, and the exhibit itself; as well as the portions of the transcript 

containing such disclosure, shall be marked “Confidential” and shall be deemed 

Confidential Material. To this end, the report shall not furnish copies thereof to anyone 

other than counsel of record for the parties herein, and, if so requested by such counsel, the 

witness and/or the witness’ counsel. 

D. Use of Confidential Information in Court Filings

The parties agree that neither party is required to file pleadings and other paper 

submitted to the Court pursuant to this litigation under seal, except that the parties agree 

that any Confidential Material, or any portion thereof; quoted therein or appended thereto, 

shall be submitted to the Court under seal. 

E. Challenging a Confidential Designation

If at any time during this litigation a party (“Objecting Party”) disputes the 

confidentiality of material designated as Confidential Material, the Objecting Party shall 

notice the Designating Party in writing by facsimile of such dispute. The Objecting Party’s 

notice shall identify the material in dispute and shall explain the basis for the disputed 

designation. The Designating Party shall have 7 calendar days to provide a written response 

by facsimile to the notice, explaining the Designating Party’s reason for designating the 

material at issue as confidential. Should the Objecting Party dispute such reasons, the 

Objecting Party may submit to the Court or any officer of the Court designated by the Court 

to hear discovery matters in this litigation: (1) a copy of this Stipulated Protective order; (2) 

the written notice of dispute; (3) the written response to the notice of dispute; (4) a reply in 

support of the written notice of dispute; (5) a copy of the material at issue (to be submitted 

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under seal); and (6) a proposed order concerning the confidentiality of the material at issue 

for resolution by the Court or by any officer of the Court designated by the Court to hear 

discovery matters in this litigation. Throughout the dispute resolution procedure set out in 

this paragraph, the Designating Party shall have the burden of demonstrating the material 

designated is confidential under California law. In the event of a dispute over the 

confidentiality of particular material, all parties will continue to treat the disputed material 

as confidential until the Court or an officer of the Court duly designated to hear discovery 

matters may order otherwise. 

F. Non-Party Subpoenas

If any party receives a request or subpoena from any non-party to this Stipulated 

Protective Order seeking production or disclosure or Confidential Material, that party (the 

‘Subpoenaed Party”) shall give notice, as soon as practicable and in no event more than five 

business days after receiving the subpoena to counsel for the designating party, which 

notice shall enclose a copy of the request or subpoena. The Subpoenaed Party shall not 

produce or disclose any of the designated documents or information for a period of five 

business days, if possible without violating the subpoena, after providing such notice to 

other party, and in not event shall such production or disclosure be made before such notice 

is given. If; within five business days of receiving such notice, the party objects to such 

production or disclosure, the Subpoenaed Party shall not make production or disclosure 

except pursuant to a Court order requiring compliance. 

G. No Restrictions

Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order shall (a) restrict either party’s rights with 

respect to its/his/her own documents or information, (b) restrict either party’s right with 

regard to Discovery Materials that have not been designated as Confidential, (c) prejudice 

either party’s rights to object to the production of documents or other information that it 

considers not subject to discovery, or (d) prejudice either party’s right to seek, either by 

agreement or by application to the Court, greater or lesser protection than that provided 

herein, or modification of the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

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H. Return to Confidential Materials

Within 60 days after the conclusion of this Action and with notice from the 

respective producing party, all materials designated as Confidential Material shall be 

returned to the producing party. This provision shall not apply to court filings or file copies 

of pleadings, briefs or correspondence maintained by the parties’ respective counsel in the 

ordinary course of business. 

I. Binding Effect

This Stipulation shall remain in full force and effect at all times during which any 

party Stipulated Protective Order or any person having executed the acknowledgement 

described above retains in his, her, or its possession, custody or control any Confidential 

Material. 

J. Additional Parties to Lawsuit

In the event that other parties may be added to this Action, no Confidential Material 

previously exchanged, produced or used herein shall be disclosed to such additional parties 

or their counsel except upon their agreeing to be bound by the provisions of this Stipulated 

Protective Order. 

K. Additional Rights 

This Stipulated Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party to 

move the Court for an order for good cause shown for protection of Confidential Material 

sought by or produced through discovery, which protection is different form or in addition 

to that provided for in this Stipulated Protective Order, and such right is expressly reserved. 

Similarly, each party expressly 

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reserves the right at any time to request the Court to authorize disclosure other than 

contemplated hereunder of materials subject to this Stipulated Protective Order. 

 

Dated: January 5, 2006 KAPETAN BROTHERS 

 

 

By /s/ Peter N. Kapetan _______________

 PETER N. KAPETAN 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

 SANDRA VALDEZ 

Dated: January 5, 2006 DOOLEY HERR & PELTZER, LLP 

 By: /s/ Leonard C. Herr_____________ 

 LEONARD C. HERR 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

RICHARD WILLIAMS 

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Dated: January 5, 2006 TULARE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY 

 By: /s/ Teresa Saucedo_______________ 

 TERESA SAUCEDO 

TULARE COUNTY COUNSEL 

DEPUTY COUNTY COUNSEL 

ORDER 

The terms of the above Stipulation are so ordered. 

Dated: 1/12/2006 By: /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

 Magistrate Judge of the United Stated District Court, 

Eastern District of California 

EXHIBIT “A” 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I hereby acknowledge my understanding that confidential research, development or 

commercial information and/or trade secrets and/or protected information under California 

law (“Confidential Material”) is being provided to me under the terms and restrictions of the 

Protective Order dated ____________, 2006, in Valdez v. City of Woodlake, et al., United 

States District Court Case No. 1:05-cv-00326 AWI-SMS. I have been given a copy of that 

Protective Order and have read it. I agree to be bound by the Protective Order. I will not 

reveal the Confidential Material to anyone, or use the Confidential Material or information 

derived therefrom, in any capacity, except as allowed by the Protective Order. 

Dated: _________________ 2006 

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 Signature 

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 Print Name 

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