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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 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 

John A. Russo, City Attorney – State Bar No. 129729 

Randolph W. Hall, Assistant City Attorney – State Bar No. 080142 

One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 6th Floor 

Oakland, California 94612 

Telephone: (510) 238-3701 

Facsimile: (510) 238-6500 

Attorneys for CITY OF OAKLAND, 

Et al 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OLEWASAMI BROWN, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

CITY OF OAKLAND; RICHARD WORD, 

individually and in his official capacity as Chief 

of Police in Oakland; OFFICERS JOHN L. 

GUTIERREZ, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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 FILE: No. C-03-1141 TEH 

STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED) 

PROTECTIVE ORDER Re: DISCLOSURE 

OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO 

OFFICER AND DEFENDANT JOHN L. 

GUTIERREZ 

Honorable Thelton E. Henderson 

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

Affairs Documents pertaining to defendant officer John Gutierrez and defendants have objected to 

producing these documents based on privacy and relevance; and 

 WHEREAS, after in camera review of all such documents by the Court, this Court, by Order 

dated February 28, 2006, directs that the documents Bates Stamped as OAK 2851-2852; OAK 2862-

2877; OAK 2880-2893; OAK 2923-2939 be produced subject to an appropriate protective order; 

 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between Plaintiff OLEWASAMI BROWN and his attorney, 

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RUSSELL ROBINSON and Defendants CITY OF OAKLAND and the named OFFICER 

DEFENDANTS, by and through their attorney GREGORY J. FOX, as follows: 

1. A copy of the above Bates Stamp numbered documents, which have been redacted by the 

Court, will be released to plaintiff subject to the terms of this protective order. These redacted 

documents are hereinafter referred to as “the confidential documents.” 

2. Plaintiff may depose Gutierrez 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. No person 

shall attend portions of the depositions designated 'confidential' unless such person is an authorized 

recipient of documents containing such confidential information under the terms of the stipulation 

and protective order. Any court reporter who transcribes testimony in this action at a deposition shall 

agree that all 'confidential' testimony is and shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed, 

except as provided in this stipulation and order, and that copies of any transcript, reporter's notes or 

any other transcription records of any such testimony will be retained in absolute confidentiality and 

safekeeping by such shorthand reporter or delivered to attorneys of record or filed under seal with the 

Court. 

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 sealed and stamped as ‘confidential,’ and access thereto shall be 

limited pursuant to the other terms of the stipulation and order. If counsel subsequently designates 

any deposition transcript, or portion thereof, as 'confidential,' pursuant to paragraph 2, counsel shall 

inform the court reporter so that the court reporter will treat the transcript as confidential pursuant to 

the terms of this 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, 

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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 

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 pursuant to a noticed 

motion. 

7. The parties agree that the parties will follow Local Rule 79-5 with respect to the use of any 

documents covered by this stipulation. 

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 

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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 entirely 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. 

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/ 

Dated: March 9, 2006 ________________________________ 

 RUSSELL A. ROBINSON 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Olewasami Brown 

 

 /s/ 

Dated: March 9, 2006 __________________________________ 

 GREGORY M. FOX 

 Attorney for Defendants City of Oakland et al. 

 BY STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, THE PROTECTIVE ORDER IS SO 

ORDERED. 

Dated:________________ ______________________________________ 

 THELTON E. HENDERSON 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

03/15/06

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Thelton E. Henderson

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ATTORNEY ATTESTATION 

 I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by a 

“conformed” signature (/s/) within this efiled document. 

 /s/ 

 _______________________________ 

 GREGORY M. FOX 

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