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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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Stipulation and Protective Order (1:16-cv-00021 SKO)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, State Bar No. 146672

Attorney General of California

MISHA D. IGRA, State Bar No. 208711

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

BYRON M. MILLER, State Bar No. 279762

Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 323-2606

Fax: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Byron.Miller@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

Gipson and Davey

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

OSCAR VIDRIO,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. GIPSON, et al.,

Defendants.

1:16-cv-00021 SKO

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Judge: Hon. Sheila K. Oberto

Action Filed: January 6, 2016

The parties submit the following stipulation and proposed protective order for the Court’s 

consideration.

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

A. The Confidential Material Subject to this Protective Order.

The following Confidential Material, responsive to Plaintiff’s first set of requests for 

production, Nos. 1, 6, 9, and 11, is the subject of this protective order:

• Confidential Prisoner Transport Procedures, DOM 55060 Supplement, January 2013; 

and 

• Confidential portion of Plaintiff Oscar Vidrio’s Central File.

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B. CDCR Treats the Confidential Material as Confidential.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) treats the 

Confidential Prisoner Transport Procedures as confidential under California Code of Regulations, 

Title 15, Section 3321(a)(1) and (a)(2), and as protected official-information because the 

institutional security and the safety of persons at CDCR prisons across the state could be 

endangered if the document is disclosed. Therefore, the documents may not be provided to 

Plaintiff, a parolee, under Title 15, section 3450(d) of the California Code of Regulations. 

Government Code section 6254(f) also precludes the disclosure of security procedures of 

corrections agencies to the public. 

Further, CDCR treats the confidential portion of Plaintiff’s Central File as confidential

because disclosure of nonparty inmates’ identifying information (including, but not limited to, 

names, CDCR numbers, and assigned cell numbers) would violate those inmates’ right to privacy 

under California law. See Cal. Civil. Code § 1798.24. The documents are also considered 

confidential and official-information privileged because the disclosure of inmates’ identifying 

information presents security concerns, as inmates sometimes use such information to locate, 

identify, or retaliate against other inmate or parolees. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, §§ 3321(a)(1), 

3321(a)(2), 3450(d). Therefore, the document may not be provided to Plaintiff, a parolee, under 

Title 15, section 3450(d) of the California Code of Regulations. 

C. The Parties’ Stipulation.

Counsel for Defendants will produce the Confidential Material described above, subject to 

the notice requirements of California Civil Code Section 1798.24 and this protective order. 

The Parties stipulate:

1. Defendants shall conspicuously mark the Confidential Material: 

“CONFIDENTIAL–SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER [ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY]” 

2. The Confidential Material may be disclosed only to Plaintiff’s attorneys, CDCR 

staff, the Defendants in this action, and Defendants’ attorneys. Plaintiff’s counsel may only

disclose the Confidential Material to a person retained as an expert witness or consultant to whom 

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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who agrees to be bound by this 

Stipulation and Protective Order by completing Exhibit A. 

3. The Confidential Material shall not be disclosed to Plaintiff, members of Plaintiff’s 

family, friends, or associates, or to any inmate or parolee, or to the public. 

4. The Confidential Material shall not be disclosed except as is necessary in connection 

with this litigation, including appeals, and not for any other purpose, or any other litigation. 

5. To the extent the Confidential Material is filed with the Court, it will be filed and 

maintained under seal. The parties are referred to Local Rule 141 regarding the filing of 

documents under seal.

6. Plaintiff’s counsel shall destroy all copies of the Confidential Material—or return 

them to the attorney for Defendants—within five days of the time it is no longer needed for 

purposes of this litigation. 

7. If the attorney-client relationship with Plaintiff and his counsel ends, Plaintiff’s 

counsel shall destroy all copies of the Confidential Material—or return them to the attorney for 

Defendants— within five days of that time.

8. Nothing in this protective order is intended to prevent officials or employees of the 

State of California, or other authorized government officials, from having access to the 

Confidential Material in the normal course of their official duties. 

9. The provisions of this protective order are without prejudice to the right of any 

party: (a) to apply to the Court for a further protective order relating to the Confidential Material 

or any other confidential material relating to discovery in this litigation; (b) to apply to the Court 

for an order removing the Confidential Material designation; or (c) to object to a discovery 

request.

10. Violation of this order may result in sanctions up to and including dismissal of this 

case, at the discretion of the Court.

The provisions of this order shall remain in full force and effect until further order of this 

Court or upon termination of this action either by verdict or settlement. 

/ / /

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It is so stipulated.

/s/ Peter M. Williamson

Peter M. Williamson, 

Counsel for Plaintiff Oscar Vidrio

/s/ Byron M. Miller

Byron M. Miller, 

Counsel for Defendants 

Gipson and Davey

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 11, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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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 under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the 

Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California on _____________________[date] in the case of Vidrio v. Gipson, et. al., United States Eastern

District Court Case No. 1:16-cv-00021 SKO. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of 

this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so could expose me to 

sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly 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 strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern

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: ______________________________

[printed name]

Signature: __________________________________

[signature]

SA2016101771

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