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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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LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

STEWART KATZ, State Bar #127425

555 University Avenue, Suite 270

Sacramento, California 95825

Telephone: (916) 444-5678

Attorney for Plaintiff

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

PETER A. MESHOT

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

JILL SCALLY

Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 161513

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 324-1042

Facsimile: (916) 322-8288

E-mail: Jill.Scally@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OLEGS KOZACENKO,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

California Highway Patrol Officer 

ANDREW P. MURRILL (Badge #19671), 

California Highway Patrol Officer J. 

SHERMAN (Badge # 11614) California 

Highway Patrol Sergeant KEVIN PIERCE; 

California Highway Patrol Lieutenant 

JOHN ARRABIT; California Highway 

Patrol Assistant Chief KENNETH HILL; 

and California Highway Patrol 

Commander Chief STEPHEN LERWILL,

 Defendants.

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No. 2:12-cv-02196-MCE-DAD

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by, among and between the parties to the above-captioned 

action through their counsel of record, that the documents described herein may be designated as 

“Confidential” and produced subject to the following Protective Order:

1. Categories of documents described as follows:

(a) Portions of the Personnel Records of California Highway Patrol Officer 

Andrew P. Murrill;

(b) Portions of the Personnel records, of California Highway Patrol Officer 

J. Sherman;

2. The portions designated as confidential contain information that is not available to 

the public, statutorily protected under state law and information in which Murrill, Sherman and 

potentially other individuals have a privacy interest in.

3. A Court approved protective order is appropriate pursuant to Local Rule 141.1 

because the Court stated that such an order would be signed at a hearing on October 18, 2013, and 

because the employing agency does not believe it can lawfully waive its perceived statutory duties 

to protect the confidentiality of the materials subject to this order without the imprimatur of the 

Court. 

4. The disclosed documents shall be used solely in connection with the civil action of

Kozacenko v. State of California, et al., E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:12-cv-02196-MCE-DAD. The 

parties do not waive any objections to the admissibility of the documents or portions thereof in 

future proceedings in this action, including trial.

5. A party may only designate as “Confidential” a document which it has determined 

in good faith to be: (a) confidential or potentially invasive of an individual’s privacy interests; 

(b) not generally known; and (c) not normally revealed to the public or third parties or, if disclosed 

to third parties, such that third parties would be required to maintain the information in confidence. 

By designating a document or portion thereof as “Confidential,” the party making the designation 

avers that it can and would make a showing to the Court sufficient to justify entry of a protective 

order covering that document or portion thereof under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 and 

Eastern District of California Local Rule 141.1. 

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6. A party producing the documents described herein may designate those documents 

as confidential by affixing a mark labeling them “Confidential,” provided that such marking does 

not obscure or obliterate the content of any record. If any confidential documents cannot be 

labeled with this marking, those documents shall be placed in a sealed envelope or other container 

that is in turn marked “Confidential” in a manner agreed upon by the disclosing and requesting 

parties.

7. A party may apply to the Court for an order that information or materials labeled 

“Confidential” are not, in fact, confidential. Prior to applying to the Court for such an order, the 

party seeking to reclassify Confidential information shall meet and confer with the producing 

party. Until the matter is resolved by the parties or the Court, the document in question shall 

continue to be treated according to its designation under the terms of this Protective Order. The 

producing party shall have the burden of establishing the propriety of the “Confidential” 

designation. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a confidentiality 

designation at the time made, and a failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent challenge 

thereto.

8. Documents designated under this Protective Order as “Confidential” may be 

disclosed only to the following persons:

(a) All counsel of record and attorneys in the offices of counsel for any of the 

Defendants in this action;

(b) All counsel of record, and attorneys in the offices of counsel for Plaintiffs in this 

action;

(c) Paralegal, clerical and secretarial personnel regularly employed by counsel 

referred to in subparts (a) and (b) immediately above, including stenographic deposition reporters or 

videographers retained in connection with this action;

(d) Court personnel, including stenographic reporters or videographers engaged in 

proceedings as are necessarily incidental to the preparation for the trial of this action;

(e) Any expert, consultant or investigator retained in connection with this action;

(f) The parties to this action;

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(g) The finder of fact at the time of trial, subject to the Court’s ruling on in limine 

motions and objections of counsel; and

(h) Witnesses during their depositions in this action.

9. Prior to the disclosure of any Confidential documents to any person identified in 

Paragraph 5, each such recipient of Confidential documents shall be provided with a copy of this 

Protective Order, which he or she shall read. Upon reading this Protective Order, such person 

shall acknowledge in writing as follows:

I have read the Protective Order that applies in Kozacenko v. State of California, et al.,

E.D. Cal. Case No. 2:12-cv-02196-MCE-DAD and shall abide by its terms. I consent 

to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California, including without limitation in any proceeding for contempt.

10. The following procedures shall be utilized by the parties making copies of 

documents designated as “Confidential”:

(a) The producing party shall provide one copy of the Confidential documents to the 

receiving party.

(b) The receiving party shall not furnish, disclose, or otherwise divulge any the 

Confidential documents to any source, except those persons identified in Paragraph 5 herein, without 

further order of the Court or authorization from counsel for the producing party.

(c) If any document designated as “Confidential” pursuant to this Protective Order is 

used or disclosed during the course of a deposition, that portion of the deposition record reflecting such 

material shall be stamped with the appropriate designation and access shall be limited pursuant to the 

terms of this Protective Order. The court reporter will be directed to bind those portions of the 

transcript that contain discussion of the contents of the Confidential documents separately. The cover 

of any portion of a deposition transcript that contains testimony or documentary evidence that has been 

designated Confidential, including exhibits designated as “Confidential,” will be marked: 

CONFIDENTIAL/SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.

11. Should any documents designated “Confidential” be disclosed, through 

inadvertence or otherwise, to any person not authorized to receive the documents under this 

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Protective Order, the disclosing person(s) shall promptly: (a) inform the producing party of the 

recipient(s) and the circumstances of the unauthorized disclosure, and (b) use best efforts to bind 

the recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order. No document shall lose its Confidential 

status because it was inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed to a person not authorized to 

receive it under this Protective Order.

12. Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or made 

available only to counsel for a party. Confidential Material may be provided to any expert 

retained for consultation and/or trial. In the event that Confidential Material is given to an expert, 

counsel that retained the expert shall provide a copy of this Order to the expert and require and 

receive an executed acknowledgment of the Order by the expert prior to providing the records to 

any retained expert.

13. The Confidential Material produced pursuant to this Order will be redacted with 

respect to any purely confidential identifying personal and family information.

14. If Plaintiffs or Defendants would like to use Confidential Material in Court filings, 

at least seven (7) days notice shall be given to all parties. Plaintiffs and Defendants shall comply 

with the requirements of Eastern District local Rule 141, in the event that a party would like 

Confidential Material to be sealed. The Parties agree a request to seal or remove the designation of 

Confidential Information may be heard on shortened time and/or by telephone conference with a 

showing of good cause.

15. Nothing in this Order shall in any way limit or prevent Confidential Material from 

being used in any deposition or other proceeding in this action. In the event that any Confidential 

Material is used in any deposition or other proceeding in this action it shall not lose its confidential 

status through such use. If any Confidential Material is used in a deposition then arrangements 

shall made with the court reporter to separately bind such portions of the transcript containing 

information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and to label such portions appropriately.

16. This order is entered for the purpose of facilitating the exchange or documents 

between the parties to this action without involving the Court unnecessarily in the process. 

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Nothing in this Order, or the production of any document under the terms of this Order, shall be 

deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party or of altering the 

confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document. 

17. Nothing in this Order shall in and of itself require disclosure of information that is 

protected by the attorney-client privilege, work-product doctrine, or any other privilege, doctrine, 

or immunity, nor does anything in this Order, result in any party giving up its right to argue that 

otherwise privileged documents must be produced due to waiver or for any other reason. 

18. If Confidential Material produced in accordance with this Order is disclosed to any 

person other than in the manner authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the disclosure 

shall immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of all counsel 

of record and without prejudice to their rights and remedies available to the producing party, make 

every effort to obtain the return of the disclosed Confidential Material and prevent further 

disclosure of it by the person who was the recipient of such information.

19. After the conclusion of this litigation, all Confidential documents, in whatever form 

stored or reproduced, will remain confidential. All documents produced pursuant to this 

Protective Order shall be destroyed or returned to counsel for the producing party in a manner in 

which counsel will be able to reasonably verify that all documents were returned. All parties agree 

to ensure that Confidential documents disclosed to other persons shall be destroyed or returned to 

counsel for the producing party. “Conclusion” of this litigation means a termination of the action 

following a trial (and any subsequent appeal) or settlement, and entry of an order, judgment, or 

decree terminating this action.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: December 4, 2013 LAW OFFICE OF STEWART KATZ

/s/ Stewart Katz

Stewart Katz

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dated: December 4, 2013 KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

/s/ Jill Scally

JILL SCALLY

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants 

ORDER

Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 9, 2013

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