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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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Gregory M. Fox, State Bar No. 070876 

Arlene C. Helfrich, State Bar No. 096461 

BERTRAND, FOX & ELLIOT 

The Waterfront Building 

2749 Hyde Street 

San Francisco, California 94109 

Telephone: (415) 353-0999 

Facsimile: (415) 353-0990 

E-Mail: gfox@bfesf.com 

Attorneys for Defendants CITY OF TRACY, 

CITY OF TRACY POLICE DEPARTMENT 

and OFFICERS CRAIG KOOSTRA and CRISTIN STAMLER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LOUIS GARFIELD SMITH, JR., 

 Plaintiff, 

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CITY OF TRACY, a municipality; CITY OF 

TRACY POLICE DEPT.; OFFICER 

KOOSTRA, an individual and employee of 

CITY OF TRACY POLICE DEPT.; OFFICER 

STAMMLER, an individual and employee of 

CITY OF TRACY POLICE DEPT.; and DOES 

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Case No.: 2:06-CV-02242-WBS-EFB 

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Re: DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS 

RELATING TO DEFENDANT OFFICERS 

KOOTRSTRA AND STAMMLER 

 WHEREAS, plaintiff has sought discovery of certain Tracy Police Department Internal 

Affairs Documents pertaining to defendant officers CRAIG KOOTRSTRA and CHRISTIAN 

STAMMLER and others, and defendants have objected to producing these documents based on 

privacy and relevance; and 

 WHEREAS, the information and documents contained in the requested Internal Affairs files 

are of a confidential, private nature and the purposes of this order is to protect the confidentiality of 

such information; 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between Plaintiff LOUIS GARFIELD SMITH, JR and his 

attorney, THOMAS P. HOGAN, and Defendants CITY OF TRACY and the TRACY POLICE 

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DEPARTMENT and the named OFFICER DEFENDANTS, by and through their attorney 

GREGORY J. FOX, as follows: 

1. Any and all Tracy Police Department Professional Standards Unit documents, personnel files 

and/or personnel records as defined by California Penal Code sections 832.5, 832.7 regarding any 

officer of the Tracy Police Department are considered confidential documents which are subject to 

the terms of this protective order. 

2. In the event that plaintiff deposes defendants or any other employee of the City of Tracy 

regarding the confidential documents, for such deposition testimony, the witness or his counsel shall 

invoke the provisions of the stipulation and protective order by stating on the record during the 

deposition that testimony given at the deposition is designated 'confidential' or by designation of the 

deposition transcript, or portions thereof, as 'confidential' within fourteen (14) days after counsel 

receives the deposition transcript. 

3. If one or more of the confidential documents protected by this stipulation and order is used 

during the course of a deposition herein, that portion of the deposition record reflecting such 

confidential information shall be stamped as ‘confidential,’ and access thereto shall be limited 

pursuant to the other terms of the stipulation and order. 

4. The confidential documents or copies or extracts therefrom and the information therein, may 

be given, shown, made available to, or communicated in any way only to parties, including an officer, 

director, manager, supervisor, or in-house counsel of a party; counsel for the parties, including 

certified law students, or an employee or contractor of such counsel to whom it is necessary that the 

material be shown for purposes of this litigation; other employees of a party for the sole purpose of 

working directly on the litigation; and third party consultants and independent experts to whom it is 

necessary that the material be shown for purposes of this litigation. 

5. If an attorney for any party in this litigation desires to give, show, make available or 

communicate any portion of the confidential documents to any person who is not specifically 

authorized to have access to such document pursuant to paragraph 4, the requesting attorney will 

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disclose to the attorney for the party who produced the document the name of the person to whom 

disclosure of the document is sought. The attorneys will then have ten (10) days to negotiate the 

terms of disclosure to that person and, if no agreement can be reached, the requesting attorney may 

seek leave of court on notice to make the disclosure in question. 

6. Each person other than employees or contractors permitted by the parties or their counsel to 

have access to the confidential documents pursuant to terms of this stipulation and order shall, prior 

to being afforded such access, be shown the stipulation and protective order and shall sign an 

agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 'A' stating that he or she has read and understands its 

terms and shall abide by them. A file shall be maintained by the attorneys of record of all written 

agreements signed by persons to whom such documents have been given, which file shall be 

available for inspection in camera by the Court upon a showing of good cause by the moving party 

pursuant to a noticed motion. 

7. This Stipulated Protective Order creates no entitlement to file any information under seal. 

Rather, Local Rule 39-141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards 

that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal. 

8. The attorneys of record for the parties are in accord with the above terms of this stipulation 

and protective order as acknowledged hereafter by their signatures, and have requested the Court to 

enter this stipulation and protective order. 

9. This stipulation and protective order shall be effective from the date of the execution of the 

order. 

10. Upon termination of this litigation, the originals and all copies of confidential documents shall 

be turned over to counsel for the party who produced such documents or disposed of in some other 

manner that is mutually agreeable among the parties. 

11. This stipulation and protective order is without prejudice to the right of anyone to apply to the 

Court for an order modifying this stipulation and protective order in any respect. The Court retains 

jurisdiction for six (6) months after the termination of this action to enforce this order and, upon 

motion of any party hereto, to make amendments, modifications, deletions or additions to this order 

as the court may deem appropriate. 

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12. The termination of proceedings in this action shall not thereafter relieve the parties from the 

obligations of maintaining the confidentiality of all material designated as confidential which is 

received pursuant to this stipulation and order, provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply 

to any material which is or becomes publicly available. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 /s/Thomas P. Hogan 

Dated: July 23, 2007 as authorized on August 10, 2007 

 THOMAS P. HOGAN 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Louis Smith, Jr. 

 

 

Dated: August 10, 2007 /s/Arlene Helfrich 

 GREGORY M. FOX 

 ARLENE C. HELFRICH 

 Attorneys for Defendants City of Tracy et al. 

 The parties have submitted a stipulated protective order for approval by the court. 

That protective order, as modified above, is approved. The court disapproves of the term in the 

original stipulation excluding persons from the depositions, and has modified the stipulation to that 

effect. To the extent the parties wish to exclude persons from “confidential” portions of a deposition 

and there is an actual dispute in that regard, they may move the court for such an order pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(5), which requires the moving party to establish good cause for such exclusion. 

Further, the court disapproves of any term unilaterally binding persons other than the parties to this 

suit, including any court personnel or deposition reporters, and has modified the order accordingly. 

 SO ORDERED. 

 

Dated:________________ 

 HONORABLE EDMUND F. BRENNAN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, __________________________[print or type full name], of 

________________________________[print or type full address], declare that I have read in its 

entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States Court for 

the Eastern District of California on _____________________[date] in Case No.: 2:06-CV-02242-

WBS-EFB. I agree to comply with and be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 

and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and 

punishment in the nature of contempt. I promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 

information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in 

compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the 

United States District for the Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of 

this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this 

action. 

I hereby appoint_______________________________[print or type full name] 

of___________________________________________[print or type full 

address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this 

action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date:_____________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed:___________________________ 

Printed name:______________________________ 

Signature:_________________________________ 

 

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