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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SC 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (CSBN 164613)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6813

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: andrew.cheng@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

GERALD DUMAGUIT,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN POTTER, Postmaster General;

Defendant.

 

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Case No. C06-2042 JSW

E-FILING CASE

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE

CONFIDENTIALITY

Subject to the approval of this Court, plaintiff GERALD DUMAGUIT, his attorneys of

record – Mary Dryovage and Wendy Musell, and defendant JOHN POTTER, Postmaster

General, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate to the following protective

order:

The parties agree that entry of the following protective order is necessary in order to: (1)

Protect Dr. Bernard Rappaport, M.D. against any potential third-party claim for invasion of

privacy or claim of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, if any; (2) Avoid any

potential violation of the Privacy Act as codified at 5 U.S.C. §522a, if any; (3) Otherwise

safeguard the documents that have been ordered produced by this Court. The parties therefore

request that the Court enter the following protective order pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 26(c).

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER,

C06-2042 JSW 2

STIPULATED ORDER

All documents obtained from defendant in response to discovery requests made under the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or made pursuant to any disclosure requirement, including all

documents produced by expert witness – Dr. Bernard Rappaport, M.D., initial disclosure

requirements, that are contained within any EEO file, medical file, injury compensation file, or

any personnel file of any person other than the plaintiff (the “Documents”) shall be subject to the

following restrictions:

1. The Documents and the information contained therein shall be used only for

purposes of this litigation and not for any other purpose, including any other litigation;

2. Neither the Documents nor the information contained therein shall be disclosed to

anyone other than (a) the attorney employed by plaintiff and the attorney’s staff; (b) the parties

and their experts; (c) the Court and the jury in further proceedings herein; (d) other persons

whom the parties mutually agree upon in writing;

3. There shall be no reproduction of the Documents, except that, as required by the

litigation, including such use at trial, copies, excerpts, or summaries may be shown to those

authorized in Paragraph 2;

4. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 2 and 3, all of the Documents shall

remain in the custody of the plaintiff’s attorney of record during the pendency of the litigation;

5. Upon final determination of this litigation, all of the Documents, including copies,

extracts or summaries thereof, produced by defendant that pertains to any person other than the

plaintiff herein, shall be returned to defendant’s counsel or shredded; and

6. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall remain in effect until such time as it is

modified, amended or rescinded by the Court and shall survive termination of this action. The 

Court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify, amend, or rescind this Stipulation and

Protective Order notwithstanding the termination of this action.

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER,

C06-2042 JSW 3

7. If the parties mutually agree to disclose the information to other parties, these

additional parties shall be required to sign the protective order as well.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

August 24, 2007 ______/s/______________________

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

August 24, 2007 ______/s/______________________

MICHELLE REGALIA MCGRATH

United States Postal Service

Attorneys for Defendant

August 24, 2007 _______/s/______________________ 

MARY DRYOVAGE

Attorneys for Plaintiff

August 24, 2007 _______/s/______________________ 

WENDY MUSELL

Attorneys for Plaintiff

August 24, 2007 _______/s/______________________ 

GERALD DUMAGUIT

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________ ______________________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

If the parties believe that any such documents should be 

filed under seal, they shall comply with the requirements 

of Northern District Local Rule 79-5.

August 27, 2007

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