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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DUKE K. BOLTER,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN ASHCROFT, DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE,

Defendants.

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No. C 04-2878 JSW (JL)

AMENDMENT TO STIPULATED

PROTECTIVE ORDER COVERING

DOCUMENTS RELEASED PURSUANT

TO COURT ORDER

On January 25, 2006, this court conducted a hearing on Ashcroft’s motion for

discovery. The Court was informed that the stipulated protective order approved and

adopted by the Court on October 26, 2005 failed to authorize use of the documents at Mr.

Bolter’s trial in state court.

Accordingly, and for good cause, this court orders the stipulated protective order

amended as follows:

Add paragraph 1.5. “The parties to the state court action may also use any

documents and information disclosed pursuant to this court’s previous order at trial subject

to any confidentiality procedures deemed appropriate by the state court, for the following

purposes: including, but not limited to impeachment, direct evidence or other evidentiary

purposes, subject to admissibility as determined by the trial court. If any of said documents

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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are offered and received in evidence or filed in connection with any motion or ancillary

proceeding, it shall be under seal or equivalent protective order by the state court trial

judge.”

This amendment follows this court’s report and recommendation at page 4, line 6

through 8, approved by the district court on September 21, 2005.

Any additional security concerns of the California Department of Corrections, the

United States Department of Justice, or the District Attorney for the County of Del Norte

shall be addressed to the California State Court Trial Judge.

DATED: March 8, 2006

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JAMES LARSON

Chief Magistrate Judge

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