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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER (2:24-cv-01709-JDP)

Rob Bonta, State Bar No. 202668

Attorney General of California

TYLER V. HEATH, State Bar No. 271478

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

R. LAWRENCE BRAGG, State Bar No. 119194

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

1300 I Street, Suite 125

P.O. Box 944255

Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Telephone: (916) 210-7334

Fax: (916) 324-5205

E-mail: Lawrence.Bragg@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants Lynch, Macomber, and 

CDCR

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

ESTATE OF JOHN PANTOJA, by and 

through its successors-in-interest AMADO 

PANTOJA, individually and as successor in 

interest, MARIA DE LOURDES VERA, 

individually and as successor in interest, to 

John Pantoja,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, CALIFORNIA 

STATE PRISON SACRAMENTO, a 

municipal corporation, JEFFREY 

MCCOMBER, an individual, JEFFREY 

LYNCH, an individual, LORI GRIFFIN, an 

individual, CSP Officer CAVANAUGH, 

CSP Officer NGUYEN, and DOES 1-50, 

inclusive in their official and 

personal/individual capacities,

Defendants.

2:24-cv-01709-JDP

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Judge: The Honorable Jeremy D. 

Peterson

Trial Date: Not Set 

Action Filed: June 16, 2024

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IT IS STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR 

RESPECTIVE COUNSEL, AND ORDERED BY THE COURT AS 

FOLLOWS:

1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Defendant California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) 

conducted an investigation into the death of decedent, John Pantoja, conducting 

confidential interviews and preparing confidential reports and memoranda 

concerning the results of this investigation. This action is likely to involve the 

disclosure of confidential materials that implicate the privacy rights of third parties, 

material that may negatively threaten the safety or institutional security of the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and material that 

is otherwise protected from disclosure under state or federal statutes, court rules, 

case decisions, or common law. The Court recognizes that at least some of the 

documents and information (materials) that will be sought through discovery in the 

above-captioned action are normally kept confidential by the parties.

Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt 

resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately 

protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the 

parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for 

and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and 

serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this 

matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as 

confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good 

faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and 

there is good cause why it should not be part of the public record of this case.

Nothing in this Protective Order nor the production of any information or 

document under the terms of this Protective Order nor any proceedings pursuant to 

this Protective Order shall be deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver 

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by either party or of altering the confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such 

document or information or altering any existing obligation of any party or the 

absence thereof. 

Accordingly, the Parties stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the 

following Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”). The parties acknowledge that this 

Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 

discovery, and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends 

only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment 

under the applicable legal principles. The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth 

in Section 12.3 below, that this Order does not entitle them to file confidential 

information under seal; General Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must 

be followed and the standards that will be applied when a Party seeks permission 

from the Court to file material under seal. The parties have agreed to be bound by 

the terms of this Order in this action. 

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the 

designation of information or items under this Order.

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 

Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or 

tangible things that qualify for protection and includes confidential information that 

has not been made immediately available to the general public by the Plaintiffs, 

CDCR, or their agents, and constitutes or discloses information which threatens 

safety or security of a prison or individual. “Attorneys” shall be limited to the 

counsel of record in this case and their support staff. 

2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of 

how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 

protection as confidential as stated in Section 2.2, but that may be disclosed to the 

parties in this action. This may be Personal, Private Identifying Information 

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(“PPII”) of a party, witness, or other person in which (i) there is a reasonable 

societal expectation of privacy, (ii) the disclosure of which might facilitate identity 

theft, or (iii) the disclosure presents a safety issue or violation of privacy under the 

law. PPII automatically subject to this Protective Order without any marking or 

action by the parties producing discovery shall include dates of birth, social security 

numbers, personal phone numbers, credit card information, banking information, 

passwords, passport numbers. 

Except by stipulation or order based on good cause, this information may not 

include records and information of foundational facts or general investigation of the 

subject incident(s). 

2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or 

items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless 

of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, 

among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced, 

made available for inspection, or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery 

in this matter.

2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 

pertinent to the litigation who has been or may be retained by a Party or its counsel 

to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action, or who may testify as 

a non-retained expert.

2.7 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, 

or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.8 Counsel of Record: attorneys who are retained to represent or advise a 

party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are 

affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, as well as 

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their support staff. No current inmate or relative of a Party who is not an employee 

of Counsel’s firm shall qualify as support staff in this case. 

2.9 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, 

employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

2.10 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or 

Discovery Material in this action.

2.11 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation 

support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or 

demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) 

and their employees and subcontractors. Professional Vendors who visit any 

prison, must comply with the institution’s rules and entry procedures, as well as any 

applicable portions of the Department Operations Manual and the California Code 

of Regulations.

2.12 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY.”

2.13 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery 

Material from a Producing Party.

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as 

defined above), but also: (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 

Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material

that reveal specific information entitled to confidentiality as a matter of law; and (3) 

any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that 

reveal Protected Material. This order does not govern any use of Protected Material 

at trial.

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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover 

the following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time 

of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its 

disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of 

this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; 

and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or 

obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the 

information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating 

Party; (c) any information mentioned or referenced in a deposition or in other pretrial 

or trial proceedings, unless such portions of testimony have been designated as 

confidential pursuant to section 5.2 (b) of this order. Any use of Protected Material at 

trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations 

imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees 

otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be 

deemed to be the later of: (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, 

with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment after the completion and 

exhaustion of all appeals, re-hearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time 

under applicable law.

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. 

Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under 

this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that 

qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for 

protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written 

communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, 

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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept 

unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 

that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper 

purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or 

to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the 

Designating Party to sanctions. If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that 

information or items that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, 

the Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing 

the mistaken designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in 

this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material 

that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before 

the material is disclosed or produced.

Designation in conformity with this Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic 

documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial 

proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that contains 

protected material provided that such marking does not obscure the content of any 

record. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for 

protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) 

(e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins).

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial 

proceedings, that the Designating Party identify the specific portions of the 

testimony as to which protection is sought within 14 days of a hearing where no 

court reporter was present, or, in the case of a proceeding where a court reporter is 

present, within 14 days of receipt of the transcript. Only those portions of the 

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testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 14 days shall 

be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order.

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and 

for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on 

the exterior of the item, container, or containers in which the information or item is 

stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant 

protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the 

protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. An inadvertent failure to designate 

qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating 

Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material, and the 

Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated 

in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a 

designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a 

Designating Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, 

substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or 

delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality 

designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 

designation is disclosed.

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute 

resolution process by providing written notice to the Designating Party of each 

designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid 

ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite 

that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific 

paragraph of the Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good 

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faith and must begin the process by conferring within 7 days of the date of service 

of notice unless the Parties agree to confer on a later date. In conferring, the 

Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 

designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to 

review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change 

in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A 

Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it 

has engaged in this meet-and-confer process first or establishes that the Designating 

Party is unwilling to participate in the meet-and-confer process in a timely manner.

6.3 No Presumption of Protected Status. This Stipulated Protective 

Order does not address discovery objections, nor does it preclude any party from 

asserting objections to any discovery request for any reason permitted by the 

applicable rules of civil procedure or as otherwise permitted by law. This Order 

does not preclude any party from moving for any relief cognizable under rules of 

civil procedure. 

6.4 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without 

court intervention, the Challenging Party may file and serve a motion challenging 

the designation under Civil Local Rule 251, within 21 days of the initial notice of 

challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet-and-confer process 

will not resolve their dispute, whichever is later. The Parties may agree to modify 

this timeline. Upon such motion, the Designating Party may present the material to 

the Court for an in camera review to determine whether and to what extent such 

information must be disclosed. The Challenging Party may also challenge the 

designation through the Court’s informal process for resolving discovery disputes, 

to the extent that it is available and the other parties are willing, and provided that a 

hearing through the informal process is set within the same time prescribed above 

for filing and serving a motion challenging the designation under Local Rule 251.

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6.5 The burden of persuasion in any challenge made pursuant to ¶¶ 6.1-6.3 

shall be on the Designating Party.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 

disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this 

case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such 

Protected Material may be disclosed by any party only to the categories of persons 

and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been 

terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below 

(FINAL DISPOSITION). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by all parties at a location 

and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized 

under this Order.

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

Information or items. Counsel for the Receiving Party may not give any 

information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” to Plaintiffs, members of Plaintiffs’ family, known friends or associates of 

Plaintiffs, any inmate or parolee, or the public. Unless otherwise ordered by the 

Court or permitted in writing by agreement of both the Designating Party and 

Receiving Parties all parties may disclose information or items designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” to:

(a) Any Party’s Counsel in this action, as well as employees of the 

Party’s Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for 

this litigation and the Party’s insurer. Staff employed by Counsel will not disclose 

any item or information designated “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY,” or make copies of any item or information so designated, except as 

necessary for this litigation. Counsel is responsible for ensuring that their staff 

complies with this Order; 

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(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of any Party to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation;

(c) the Court and its personnel;

(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, 

and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

litigation;

(e) during their depositions, non-inmate or non-parolee witnesses in the 

action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, unless otherwise agreed by the 

Designating Party and any other parties present at the deposition or ordered by the 

Court, and provided that the witness does not leave any deposition with copies of 

any Protected Material. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to 

depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court 

reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Order or 

as agreed by all parties;

(f) the author or recipient of the document in question or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information contained in it; and

(g) mediators, settlement officers, and their supporting personnel, 

mutually agreed on by the Parties engaged in settlement discussions.

7.3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or items. Unless 

otherwise ordered by the Court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, 

information or items designated “CONFIDENTIAL” may only be disclosed to:

(a) any Party’s Counsel in this action, as well as employees of the 

Receiving Party’s Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this litigation and the Party’s insurer. Staff employed by Counsel 

will not disclose any item or information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or make 

copies of any item or information so designated, except as necessary for this 

litigation. Counsel is responsible for ensuring that their staff complies with this 

Order; 

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(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;

(c) the Court and its personnel;

(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, 

and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

litigation;

(e) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure 

is reasonably necessary, unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or 

ordered by the Court, and provided that the witness does not leave any deposition 

with copies of any Protected Material. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or 

exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by 

the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under 

this Order;

(f) the author or recipient of the document in question or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information contained in it;

(g) mediators, settlement officers, and their supporting personnel, 

mutually agreed on by the Parties engaged in settlement discussions; and

(h) the Parties in this action.

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED 

PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION 

8.1 If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other 

litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this 

action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification 

shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the Party who caused the subpoena or 

order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the 

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subpoena or order is subject to this Order. Such notification shall include a copy of 

Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be 

pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.

8.2 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party 

served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information 

designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the 

subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 

permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking 

protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions 

should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action 

to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 

PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a 

Non-Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced 

by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and 

relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. Any party may mark 

documents produced by any other party or non-party as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY,” to the extent consistent with 

section 5.1.

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to 

produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is 

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subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s 

confidential information, then the Party shall: 

(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the NonParty that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality 

agreement with a Non-Party; 

(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a 

reasonably specific description of the information requested; and 

(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the 

Non-Party. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this 

court within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the 

Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive 

to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the 

Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that 

is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall 

bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected 

Material. 

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 

Protected Material labeled “CONFIDENTIAL” or CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to any person or in any circumstance not authorized 

under this Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the 

Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, including identify the person or 

persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made, (b) use its best efforts to 

retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, and (c) inform the person 

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or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this 

Order.

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL 

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain 

inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other 

protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in section 10.

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any 

person to seek its modification by the Court or by the Parties in the future.

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 

Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or 

producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Order. 

Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of 

any of the material covered by this Order.

12.3 Filing Protected Material. Protected Material may only be filed 

pursuant to Local Rule 141 provided, however, that a Party filing a request to seal 

documents designated by another as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall state in the request that the documents were 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” by the Designating Party, and the Designating Party shall then bear the 

burden of showing good cause or demonstrating compelling reasons for sealing the 

documents using the procedures set forth in Local Rule 141. In this instance, the 

Designating Party must file a document establishing that the designated materials 

are sealable within five court days of the filing of the motion to seal. In the event 

the Court denies any party’s Request to Seal Documents, the material may be filed; 

any Party may file the information in public record pursuant to Local Rule 141 

unless otherwise instructed by the court.

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12.4 Access to Protected Material by Authorized Government Officials. 

Nothing in this Order is intended to prevent officials or employees of the State of 

California, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or other 

authorized government officials from having access to Protected Material to which 

they have access in the normal course of their official duties.

13. FINAL DISPOSITION

13.1 Return or Destruction of Protected Material. Within 60 days after the 

final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, upon written notification 

served by Producing or Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all 

Protected Material to the Producing Party for destruction or destroy such material. 

As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned, or destroyed, the 

Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if 

not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that 

affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material, other than the exceptions set forth in section 13.2. 

13.2 Right to Retain Certain Categories of Material. Notwithstanding this 

section, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion 

papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, 

deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant 

and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any 

such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 

this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: December 6, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Emily E. Howe

EMILY E. HOWE

Attorney for Plaintiffs

(as authorized on December 6, 2024)

Dated: December 6, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California

TYLER V. HEATH

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ R. Lawrence Bragg

R. LAWRENCE BRAGG

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants Lynch, 

Macomber, and CDCR

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 9, 2024 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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