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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

HARPAL SINGH CHEEMA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MARK CHANDLESS, Warden, Yuba County 

Jail; VIRGINIA BLACK, Yuba County Sheriff; 

NANCY ALCANTAR, Field Office Director, 

Detention and Removal, U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement; MICHAEL J. GARCIA, 

Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement; VICTOR CERDA, 

Acting Director, Office of Detention and 

Removal, U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:05-CV-0985 GEB JFM 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Each party recognizes that some of the documents and information which have been and 

may be produced in this action may include confidential, private, personnel and/or financial 

information. To preserve the confidentiality of such information, each party, through their 

respective counsel of record, agrees as follows, subject to the approval of the Court: 

1. While any information or materials produced by any party or nonparty as part of 

discovery in this action may be designated by such party or nonparty as “Confidential” pursuant 

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to the terms of this Protective Order, generally, “Confidential Information” under this Protective 

Order should generally consist of documents relating to third-party complaints, from inmates and 

detainees who are not a party to this litigation, concerning their incarceration. 

2. As a general guideline, information or materials designated as “Confidential” 

shall be those things that may be disclosed to the parties for the purposes of the litigation, but 

which must be protected against disclosure to third parties. Examples of such information or 

materials include materials a party reasonably and in good faith believes contain or disclose 

information that the party does not or would not publicly disclose, or information that a party is 

under a preexisting obligation to maintain as confidential. Absent a specific order by this Court, 

information designated as “Confidential” shall be used by the parties and their counsel solely in 

connection with this litigation, and not for any purpose or function, or any other litigation, and 

such information shall not be disclosed to anyone except as provided herein. 

3. The designation of information or material as “Confidential” for purposes of this 

Protective Order shall be made in the following manner by the party or nonparty seeking 

protection: 

(a) in the case of documents, exhibits, briefs, memoranda, declarations, 

responses to written discovery or other materials (apart from depositions or other pretrial or trial 

testimony): by affixing the legend “Confidential” to each page containing any confidential 

information or material. 

(b) in the case of depositions or other pretrial or trial testimony: (i) by a 

statement on the record, by counsel, during such deposition or other pretrial or trial proceeding 

that the entire transcript or a portion thereof shall be designated as “Confidential” hereunder; or 

(ii) by written notice of such designation sent by counsel to all parties within thirty (30) days 

after the mailing to counsel of the transcript of the deposition or within thirty (30) days after the 

Court executes this Order, whichever date is later. During a deposition, the deponent or his 

counsel, or any other counsel of record present at the deposition, may invoke the provisions of 

this Protective Order in a timely manner, giving adequate warning to counsel for the party or 

nonparty that testimony about to be given is deemed “Confidential.” The parties shall treat all 

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deposition and other pretrial and trial testimony as “Confidential” hereunder until the expiration 

of thirty (30) days after the mailing to counsel of the transcript of the testimony or thirty (30) 

days after the Court executes this Order, whichever date is later. Unless so designated, any 

confidentiality is waived after the expiration of the relevant 30-day period unless otherwise 

stipulated or ordered. The parties may modify this procedure for any particular deposition or 

proceeding through agreement on the record at such deposition or proceeding or otherwise by 

written stipulation, without further order of the Court. If any document or information 

designated as “Confidential” is used during the course of a deposition, that portion of the 

deposition record reflecting such confidential information shall be sealed and stamped 

confidential, and access thereto shall be limited pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order. 

(c) With respect to any testimony elicited during any deposition, whenever 

counsel for any party deems that any question or line of questioning calls for or has resulted in 

disclosure of information that should be treated as “Confidential” and any person is in attendance 

at the deposition who is not a party to whom disclosure of such information is permitted pursuant 

to this Order, and such person is not the witness being examined, such person shall be excluded 

from those portions of the proceeding during which disclosure of the information designated 

“Confidential” occurs. 

4. Information or material designated as “Confidential,” or copies or extracts 

therefrom and compilations and summaries thereof, may be disclosed, summarized, described, 

characterized, or otherwise communicated or made available in whole or in part only to the 

following persons: 

(a) any authors or recipients of the Confidential Information, excluding any 

unauthorized recipients; 

(b) parties to this action, to the extent deemed necessary by counsel; 

(c) the parties’ respective counsel of record in this action and regular and 

temporary employees of such counsel to whom it is necessary that the information or material be 

shown for the purposes of this litigation; 

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(d) consultants as defined in Paragraph 5 herein and conditioned upon 

compliance with Paragraph 6 herein; 

(e) the Court and those employed by the Court, pursuant to Paragraph 8 

herein; 

(f) professional vendors, including, but not limited to, court reporters, 

videographers, document reproduction and imaging vendors, and their respective employees, to 

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have agreed to be bound by 

and comply with this Protective Order; 

(g) third party contractors, including their employees and agents, involved 

solely in one or more aspects of design services for preparation of demonstrative exhibits, 

organizing, filing, copying, coding, converting, sorting, translating, or retrieving data or 

designing programs for handling data connected with this action, including the performance of 

such duties in relation to a computerized litigation support system, subject to and conditioned 

upon compliance with Paragraph 6 herein; 

(h) jury or trial consulting services retained by counsel for a party, subject to 

and conditioned upon compliance with Paragraph 6 herein; and 

(i) any other person only upon order of the Court or upon written consent of 

the party that originally produced or designated the information or material as confidential. 

5. For purposes of Paragraph 4(d) herein, a “consultant” shall be defined as a person 

who is retained or employed as a bona fide consultant or expert for purposes of this litigation, 

whether full or part time, by or at the direction of counsel for a party. 

6. Notwithstanding Paragraph 4 herein, material designated as “Confidential” also 

may be shown to non-party witnesses and to their respective counsel during the depositions of 

such non-party witnesses, and may be marked as exhibits to those depositions, provided that all 

of the following conditions are satisfied: 

 (a) Material designated as “Confidential” shall not be attached to any copies of 

deposition transcripts provided to non-party witnesses (except witnesses, experts, and consultants 

authorized to receive such materials pursuant to this Order); and 

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 (b) Material designated as “Confidential” shall not be shown to a non-party 

witness unless the party showing such material to the non-party witness believes in good faith that: 

(i) such witness has specific information regarding the material or events reflected in the material, 

(ii) that the material would refresh the recollection of the witness regarding the material or events 

as to which the witness has specific information, or (iii) disclosure is necessary for a full and 

complete examination of the witness. 

7. Any party or person filing with this Court material subject to this Order that has 

been designated as “Confidential,” including pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery responses, 

transcripts or depositions, shall file and/or lodge those papers in compliance with the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure, including, but not limited to, Rules 26 and 29, and the Local Rules of 

the Court for the Eastern District of California. 

8. No party shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of the designation of any 

material as “Confidential” and a failure to do so shall not preclude any subsequent objection to 

such designation or motion to seek permission to disclose such material or the information 

contained therein to persons not identified in this Order, or from otherwise modifying the 

provisions of this Order. Should any party raise an objection to the other party’s designation of 

any material as “Confidential,” the party asserting the “Confidential” nature of any such material 

shall bear the burden of proving the basis for that designation. 

9. A party may challenge another party's designation of information or materials 

produced herein as “Confidential” by serving a written objection upon the producing party. The 

producing party shall notify the challenging party in writing of the bases for the asserted 

designation within ten (10) business days after receiving any written objection. The parties shall 

confer in good faith as to the validity of the designation within five (5) business days after the 

challenging party has received the notice of the bases for the asserted designation. To the extent 

the parties are unable to reach an agreement as to the designation, the objecting party may make 

an appropriate application to this Court, with confidential portions thereof to be kept under seal, 

requesting that specifically identified documents, information, and/or deposition testimony be 

excluded from the provisions of this Protective Order or downgraded in terms of the degree of 

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protection provided. Until a dispute over the asserted designation is finally resolved by the 

parties or the Court, all parties and persons shall treat the information or materials in question as 

designated as “Confidential.” 

10. All “Confidential” information and material covered by this Protective Order shall 

be kept in secure facilities, and access to those facilities shall be permitted only to those 

designated persons set forth above as persons properly having access thereto. 

11. All counsel for the parties who have access to information or material designated 

as “Confidential” under this Protective Order acknowledge they are bound by this Order and 

submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for purposes of enforcing this Order. 

12. Entering into, agreeing to, and/or producing or receiving information or material 

designated as “Confidential” or otherwise complying with the terms of this Protective Order 

shall not: 

(a) operate as an admission by any party that any particular information or 

material designated as “Confidential” contains or reflects trade secrets, proprietary or 

commercially sensitive information, or any other type of private or confidential information; 

(b) operate as an admission by any party that the restrictions and procedures 

set forth herein constitute or do not constitute adequate protection for any particular information 

deemed by any party to be “Confidential”; 

(c) prejudice in any way the rights of the parties to object to the production of 

documents they consider not subject to discovery; 

(d) prejudice in any way the rights of any party to object to the authenticity or 

admissibility into evidence of any document, testimony or other evidence subject to this 

Protective Order; 

(e) prejudice in any way the rights of a party to seek a determination by the 

Court whether any information or material should be subject to the terms of this Protective 

Order; 

(f) prejudice in any way the rights of a party to petition the Court for a further 

protective order relating to any purportedly confidential information; or 

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(g) prevent the parties to this Protective Order from agreeing in writing or on 

the record during a deposition or hearing in this action to alter or waive the provisions or 

protections provided for herein with respect to any particular information or material. 

13. This Protective Order has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, a party’s use or 

disclosure of its own confidential information for any purpose. Nothing contained herein shall 

impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of documents, information or material 

designated as “Confidential” obtained lawfully by such party independently of any proceedings 

in this action, or which: 

(a) was already known to such party by lawful means prior to acquisition 

from, or disclosure by, another party in this action; 

(b) is or becomes publicly known through no fault or act of such party; or 

(c) is rightfully received by such party from a third party which has authority 

to provide such information or material and without restriction as to disclosure. 

14. If a party inadvertently produces “Confidential” information without marking it as 

such, as soon as the receiving party becomes aware of the inadvertent production, the 

information must be treated as if it had been timely designated under this Protective Order, and 

the receiving party must endeavor in good faith to obtain all copies of the document which it 

distributed or disclosed to persons not authorized to access such information by Paragraph 4 

above, as well as any copies made by such persons and must discontinue any impermissible use 

of the information. 

15. The terms of this Protective Order shall apply to all manner and means of 

discovery, including entry onto land or premises, and inspection of books, records, documents, 

and tangible things. 

16. It is the present intention of the parties that the provisions of this Protective Order 

shall govern discovery and other pretrial and trial proceedings in this action. Nonetheless, each 

of the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek modification of this Protective Order by application 

to the Court on notice to the other parties hereto and to any nonparty that has disclosed 

information in reliance on this Protective Order, for good cause. 

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17. The parties agree to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order pending its 

entry by the Court, or pending the entry of an alternative thereto which is satisfactory to all 

parties and affected nonparties, and any violation of its terms shall be subject to the same 

sanctions and penalties as if the Protective Order had been entered by the Court. 

18. The provisions of this Protective Order shall, absent written permission of the 

producing party or further order of the Court, continue to be binding throughout and after the 

conclusion of this action, including without limitation any appeals therefrom. Unless the court 

orders otherwise, within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of the entry of an order, judgment 

or decree finally disposing of this action, including any appeals therefrom, all persons having 

received information or material designated as “Confidential” hereunder shall return such 

material and all copies thereof (including summaries and excerpts) to counsel for the producing 

party or, alternatively, shall destroy such material and provide written certification of such 

destruction to counsel for the producing party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned 

counsel shall be entitled to retain court papers, deposition and trial transcripts and attorney work 

product (including court papers, transcripts, and attorney work product that contain information 

or material designated as “Confidential”) provided that such counsel, and employees of such 

counsel, shall not disclose any such information and material designated as “Confidential” 

contained in such court papers, transcripts, or attorney work product to any person or entity 

except pursuant to a written agreement with the producing party of the information or material. 

All materials returned to the parties or their counsel by the Court likewise shall be disposed of in 

accordance with this paragraph. 

19. In the event that any information or material designated as “Confidential” 

hereunder is used in any court proceeding in this action or any appeal therefrom, such 

information or material shall not lose its status as “Confidential” through such use. Counsel for 

the parties shall confer on such procedures as are reasonable and appropriate to protect the 

confidentiality of any documents, information and transcripts used in the course of any court 

proceedings, and shall incorporate such procedures, as appropriate, in the pre-trial order. 

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20. If any party: (a) is subpoenaed in another action, (b) is served with a demand in 

another action to which it is a party, or (c) is served with any other legal process by one not a 

party to this action, seeking information or material which was produced or designated as 

“Confidential” by someone other than that party, the party shall give prompt actual written 

notice, by hand or facsimile transmission, within ten (10) days of receipt of such subpoena, 

demand or legal process, to those who originally produced or designated the information or 

material “Confidential” and shall furnish the producing party with a copy of said subpoena or 

other process or order, shall object to its production by setting forth the existence of this 

Protective Order, and shall reasonably cooperate with respect to any procedure sought to be 

pursued by the party whose interest may be affected. The producing party asserting the 

confidential treatment shall have the burden of defending against such subpoena, process or 

order. Nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the party or anyone else covered by this 

Protective Order to challenge or appeal any order requiring production of information or material 

covered by this Protective Order, or to subject itself to any penalties for noncompliance with any 

legal process or order, or to seek any relief from this Court. 

 

Dated: April __, 2006 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: _____________/s/___________________

 Mark Parnes 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

HARPAL SINGH CHEEMA 

Dated: April __, 2006 PORTER, SCOTT, WEIBERG, & DELEHANT 

A Professional Corporation 

By: ______________/s/__________________

John Whitefleet 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MARK CHANDLESS and VIRGINIA 

BLACK 

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Dated: April __, 2006 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 

By: ______________/s/__________________

Yoshinori H. T. Himel 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants 

NANCY ALCANTAR, MICHAEL J. 

GARCIA and VICTOR CERDA

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 27, 2006. /s/John F. Moulds 

 John F. Moulds 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

 United States District Court 

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