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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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DENNIS J. HERRERA, State Bar #139669

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER, State Bar #114961

Chief Trial Attorney 

BLAKE P. LOEBS, State Bar #145790 

PETER J. KEITH, State Bar #206482

Deputy City Attorneys 

1390 Market Street, 6th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94102-5408 

Telephone: (415) 554-3868 

Facsimile: (415) 554-3837 

Attorneys for Defendants 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 

HEATHER FONG, in her official capacity, 

JOHN KESSOR, MICHELLE ALVIS and 

PAUL MORGADO 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KATHLEEN ESPINOSA, individually 

and as personal representative of the 

Estate of decedent ASA SULLIVAN, 

A.S., by and through his Guardian ad 

Litem, NICOLE GUERRA, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, HEATHER FONG, in her 

capacity as Chief of Police; JOHN 

KESSOR, MICHELLE ALVIS and PAUL 

MORGADO, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. C06-4686 JSW 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Date Action Filed: August 2, 2006 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) the parties have met and conferred and 

agree that the discovery of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in this matter be made pursuant to the 

terms of this PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the parties stipulate, though their attorneys of record, to the 

entry of an order as follows: 

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1. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, within the meaning of this 

PROTECTIVE ORDER, shall include all documents containing peace officer personnel records, 

official information and any other such documents that defendants in good faith have determined to 

be confidential. Defendants shall attempt to stamp "Confidential" on all such documents prior to 

production. In the event that any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is inadvertently not stamped as 

"Confidential" by defendants, the party who notices this oversight shall immediately make it known 

to the other parties and the documents shall immediately be stamped as "Confidential" and treated as 

such, as per this order. 

2. All documents, including, but not limited to, audiotapes, videotapes, 

photographs, transcripts, etc., related to the criminal investigation incidental to the event forming the 

basis of this lawsuit shall be also be deemed CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, within the meaning 

of this stipulation. 

3. Plaintiff may challenge defendants’ designation of a particular document as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION by filing an appropriate motion, under seal, with the Court. The 

parties agree that the prevailing party in a motion to remove the confidential designation shall waive 

any entitlement to monetary sanctions, including attorney’s fees. 

4. Unless disclosure is ordered by the Court, attorneys for defendants shall have 

the sole authority to determine that documents subject to the PROTECTIVE ORDER are no longer 

considered CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and will advise counsel for plaintiff in writing if this 

determination is made. 

5. Plaintiff’s Counsel may exhibit, discuss, and/or disclose CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION only to the following categories of person and no other unless authorized by order 

of the Court: 

 a. Plaintiff’s Counsel; 

 b. Experts, investigators or consultants retained by Plaintiff’s Counsel to assist in 

the evaluation, preparation, or trial of this case; however, before any expert, investigator, or 

consultant is permitted to review the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, such individual must agree 

to comply with the terms of this PROTECTIVE ORDER by executing the document attached as 

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Exhibit A. Plaintiff’s counsel shall file and serve that document upon its execution; however, 

Plaintiff’s counsel shall not be required to file any Agreement to Comply any earlier than the date that 

Expert Disclosures are required to be made. Experts, investigators, and consultants shall not have 

any power to authorize further disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to any other person. 

6. Counsel for Plaintiff may not provide originals or copies of the 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to any plaintiff absent the written agreement of counsel for the 

City or a court order, subject to the following: 

a. For purposes of evaluating the settlement value or potential jury 

verdict, counsel for Plaintiff may discuss the general nature of the CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION with plaintiffs without disclosing any identifying details about a specific incident or 

any documents. Plaintiffs’ counsel may also review with a plaintiff any statement or interview given 

by that plaintiff. 

b. In addition, Plaintiffs’ counsel may show the Homicide Investigation 

file materials only to individual plaintiffs and discuss those materials with individual plaintiffs, but 

may not give plaintiffs copies; however, each individual plaintiff must execute the document attached 

as Exhibit A pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 5.b., and will be bound by this Protective Order. 

7. Unless otherwise stipulated to by defendants, any use of CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or comment on the substance of any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION in any 

papers or pleadings filed with the Court, shall be filed under seal pursuant to the Court’s rules and 

procedures (see Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 79-5). The sealed envelopes shall 

be endorsed with the caption of this litigation, and an indication of the nature of the contents of the 

envelopes and a statement substantially in the following form: 

"This envelope contains documents that are filed in this case pursuant to a 

Protective Order and are not to be opened nor the contents thereof to be 

displayed or revealed except by further order of the Court or written consent of 

the City and County of San Francisco." 

8. In the event any person desires to exhibit documents or disclose 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION covered under this stipulation during trial or pretrial 

proceedings, such person shall meet and confer with counsel for defendants to reach an agreement, in 

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accordance with the Court’s rules and procedures, on an appropriate method for disclosure, and if 

defendants do not agree to such disclosure, such CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall not be 

disclosed unless authorized by order of the Court. Unless otherwise agreed, transcripts and exhibits 

that incorporate or reference CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION covered under this stipulation shall 

be treated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION that is subject to the provisions of this 

PROTECTIVE ORDER. The Court Reporter shall mark as “Confidential” any deposition or hearing 

transcript that contains any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or any reference to 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

9. Any inadvertent disclosure made in violation of this PROTECTIVE ORDER 

shall be immediately corrected by the offending party and does not constitute a waiver of the terms of 

this PROTECTIVE ORDER, except by written agreement of the parties, or further order of this 

Court. 

10. All documents covered by this PROTECTIVE ORDER and copies thereof 

(including those in the possession of experts, consultants, etc.) will be returned to the San Francisco 

City Attorney's Office at the termination of this litigation. On final disposition of this case, plaintiff’s 

counsel shall within 30 days after the final disposition of this case, without request or further order of 

this Court, return all CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to the Deputy City Attorney of record in 

this matter. The provisions of this PROTECTIVE ORDER shall, without further order of the Court, 

continue to be binding after the conclusion of the action, and this Court will have jurisdiction to 

enforce the terms of this PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

11. Should plaintiff(s) fail to comply with this PROTECTIVE ORDER, plaintiff(s) 

and plaintiffs' counsel shall be liable for all costs associated with enforcing this agreement, including 

but not limited to all attorney fees in amounts to be determined by the Court. Plaintiff and plaintiff's 

counsel may also be subject to additional sanctions or remedial measures, such as contempt, 

evidentiary or terminating sanctions. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 7, 2007 DENNIS J. HERRERA 

City Attorney 

JOANNE HOEPER 

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Chief Trial Attorney 

BLAKE LOEBS 

PETER J. KEITH 

Deputy City Attorneys 

By: Peter J. Keith 

Peter J. Keith 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Dated: March 6, 2007 

By: Ben Nisenbaum* 

Ben Nisenbaum, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

* Pursuant to General Order 45, the electronic signatory of this documents attests that this individual 

concurs in his electronic signature of this document. The actual signature page is on file. 

ORDER 

 BASED ON THE ABOVE ENTERED STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: 

 THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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EXHIBIT A

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AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

 I, , have read and understand the Court’s Protective Order for 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. I agree to abide by all terms of the Order. In addition, I 

specifically understand and agree to the following: 

 1. I will not disclose the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to any other person. 

 2. I understand that I have no power to authorize any other person to review the 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

 3. I agree not to make copies of the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

 4. I agree to return the CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to the counsel for the party that 

produced it, at or before the conclusion of this litigation. 

 5. I understand that if I violate any of the terms of the Protective Order, then Plaintiffs, 

Plaintiffs’ Counsel, and I may be subject to sanctions or possible contempt. 

AGREED: 

 _________________________ 

 DATE SIGNATURE 

 _____________________ 

 PRINT NAME 

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