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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 20:1401 Education: Handicapped Child Act

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Jeffrey R. Olson, # 120945 

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, 

Wayte & Carruth LLP 

Centre Plaza Office Tower 

1150 Ninth Street, Suite 1200 

Modesto, CA 95354 

Telephone: (209) 524-1100 

Facsimile: (209) 524-1188 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Ripon Unified School District, Leo Zuber, Carla 

Travaille, Larry Stewart, David Whithycombe, Frank 

Ferral, Claudia Nepote, San Joaquin County Office of 

Education, and Janet A. Legris 

(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT 

W.N., a minor, by and through his parents, 

S.N. and J.N., and S.N. and J.N., 

individually, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

and LEO ZUBER, individually and in his 

official capacity as superintendent for 

RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 

and RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD 

MEMBERS: CARLA TRAVAILLE, 

LARRY STEWART, DAVID 

WHITHYCOMBE, FRANK FERRAL, and 

CLAUDIA NEPOTE, each in his or her 

official capacity as a member of the Ripon 

Unified School District Board, and SAN 

JOAQUIN COUNTY OFFICE OF 

EDUCATION and STONE SOUP CHILD 

CARE PROGRAMS and PUNKIN 

LEGRIS, Manager of the Ripon School 

District Stone Soup Program in her official 

capacity, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:07-CV-00166-GEB-EFB 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, through their respective 

counsel, pursuant to FRCP 26(c), that the court enter the following protective order. 

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Dated: September 12, 2007 McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, 

WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP 

By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Olson 

Jeffrey R. Olson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

Ripon Unified School District, Leo Zuber, 

Carla Travaille, Larry Stewart, David 

Whithycombe, Frank Ferral, Claudia 

Nepote, San Joaquin County Office of 

Education, and Janet A. Legris 

Dated: September 12, 2007 LOUGHREY LAW FIRM 

By: /s/Tamara L. Loughrey 

TAMARA L. LOUGHREY 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

W.N., S.N. and J.N. 

Dated: September 12, 2007 PORTER SCOTT 

By: /s/Timothy M. Blaine

TIMOTHY M. BLAINE 

Attorney for Defendant 

Stone Soup Child Care Programs 

1. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Defendants Ripon Unified School District, 

San Joaquin County Office of Education, Leo Zuber, Carla Travaille, Larry Stewart, David 

Whithycombe, Frank Ferral, Claudia Nepote and Janet Legris (“School Defendants”), consider 

the following in good faith to constitute confidential personal information subject to protection 

under California law: 

a. “Pupil records” as defined by California Education Code § 49061. Such 

records cannot be released in this action, except Plaintiff W.N.’s, absent a 

judicial order or the written parental consent of the pupil whose records are 

being released, pursuant to California Education Code § 49076. 

b. The personnel file of Defendant Janet Legris. 

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c. The Ripon Unified School District audio and video tape on a school bus 

with students, including W.N., in attendance, on June 30, 2006. 

2. PROCEDURE FOR FILING/LODGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

WITH THE COURT. The parties, or some of them, hereby believe good cause exists for 

the Court to order the sealing of the Confidential Information. However, irrespective of a 

stipulation of the parties, it is recognized that the Court must independently determine if good 

cause in fact exists, balancing the potential harm to the moving party’s interests against the 

public’s right to access the court files. Therefore, a party that intends on filing or lodging 

Confidential Information with the Court in this case, shall promptly notify the opposing party(ies) 

of such intent, and provide opposing party(ies) the opportunity to apply to the Court for a 

protective order sealing the Confidential Information before said Confidential Information is 

submitted to the Court. The parties shall comply with FRCP 26(c) and this Court’s local rule 39-

141. 

3. LIMITATION ON DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

Except with the prior written consent of all the other parties, or upon prior order of this Court 

obtained upon notice to opposing counsel, Confidential Information must not be disclosed to any 

person other than: 

a. the Court and Court personnel; 

b. the court reporter and videographer (if any) present at any hearing or 

deposition related to this litigation; 

c. counsel for the respective parties to this litigation, including employees and 

associates of counsel; 

d. persons who authored, prepared, or received the Confidential Information 

in a context outside this litigation; 

e. the named parties to this litigation, to include any officer or employee of 

Ripon Unified School District and San Joaquin County Office of 

Education, only to the extent deemed necessary by counsel for the defense 

of this litigation; 

f. percipient witnesses only to the extent deemed necessary by counsel for the 

prosecution or defense of this litigation (other than expert witnesses and 

expert consultants). A witness must sign the Certification (see page 6 to 

this order) before being shown Confidential Information. Confidential 

Information may be disclosed to a witness who will not sign the 

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Certification only in a deposition or other court proceeding related to this 

case. Confidential Information shall not be attached as an exhibit to any 

deposition. [Note: At any deposition in this case a party can request that a 

document deemed Confidential Information be marked as an exhibit. The 

reporter shall so mark the document as an exhibit and it shall be so noted 

on the record. The attorney for School Defendants shall, in lieu of the 

reporter but in a like manner, retain that exhibit and provide copies to the 

other parties present no later than the conclusion of the deposition. 

Exhibits retained in this manner shall have the same force and effect as if 

the exhibit had been given to the reporter to make a part of the deposition 

transcript.] Witnesses shown Confidential Information are not allowed to 

retain copies. 

g. expert consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or 

defense of this litigation. 

4. CERTIFICATION FORM. Except for persons identified in paragraph 3 (a), (b), 

(c), and (d), each person who is authorized by this order to observe, inspect or have access to the 

Confidential Information and who in fact observes or inspects or is otherwise allowed access to 

the Confidential Information, shall execute the Certificate attached to this order and thereby agree 

to be bound by its provisions. The Certification form(s) must be retained by counsel of the party 

that disclosed the Confidential Information during the pendency of the action and for a period of 

five years after the conclusion of the action as defined in paragraph 9 below. The Certification 

forms need not be disclosed to opposing counsel, but opposing counsel may apply to the Court for 

an order compelling disclosure on a showing of good cause. 

5. LIMITATION ON USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Persons 

receiving Confidential Information must not show, reveal or discuss that information to or with 

any person who is not entitled to receive the information, except as set forth in this order. 

However, this protective order, standing alone, does not serve to limit admissibility of 

Confidential Information at the trial or any motions in this case. 

6. COPIES OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. This order does not restrict a 

person who is properly in the possession of Confidential Information from (1) making working 

copies, abstracts, digests, and analyses of Confidential Information for use in connection with this 

litigation or (2) converting or translating Confidential Information into machine readable form for 

incorporation in a data retrieval system used in connection with this litigation. Any such copies, 

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abstracts, digests, analyses, or data compilations have the same level of protection under the terms 

of this order as the Confidential Information from which they are derived. 

7. ALL CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO BE USED ONLY FOR THIS 

CASE. All Confidential Information must be used by the party or parties to whom the 

Confidential Information is produced solely for the purpose of this case. 

8. INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. If a 

party (“sender”) inadvertently provides Confidential Information to a party (“receiver”), the 

receiver shall, within 3 business days, return the original and all copies of said Confidential 

Information to the sender, once the receiver discovers the inadvertence or the receiver is so 

notified by the sender. 

9. CONCLUSION OF LITIGATION. The conclusion of this action is defined as 30 

days after the expiration of the time to appeal or challenge any final judgment or settlement. All 

provisions of this order restricting the communication or use of Confidential Information continue 

to be binding after the conclusion of this action, unless otherwise agreed or ordered. Upon 

conclusion of this action, a party who received Confidential Information in the context of this 

action, other than that which is contained in pleadings, correspondence, and deposition 

transcripts, must either (1) return such documents no later than 30 days after conclusion of this 

action to counsel for the party who provided such Confidential Information, or (2) destroy such 

documents within that time period upon written consent of the party who provided the 

Confidential Information and certify in writing to said party within 30 days thereafter that the 

documents have been destroyed. 

The Stipulation having been reviewed by the Court and good cause shown: 

The court approves the order, but in doing so makes no ruling as to whether the 

documents and items identified herein are entitled to protection under the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure or federal privilege law. Any motion in that regard, or any request to file 

documents under seal must be made according to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 

this Court’s Local Rules. 

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SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 20, 2007 

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 Edmund F. Brennan 

 U.S. Magistrate Judge 

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CERTIFICATION 

I hereby certify my understanding that Confidential Information is being provided to me 

pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the Protective Order dated _________________, in W.N. 

et al. v. RIPON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., United States District Court, Eastern 

District, Case No. 2:07-CV-00116-GEB-EFB. I have been given a copy of that Protective Order 

and read it. I agree to be bound by the Protective Order. I will not reveal the Confidential 

Information to anyone, except as allowed by the Protective Order. I will maintain all the 

Confidential Information in a secure manner to prevent unauthorized access to it. No later than 

30 days after the conclusion of this action, I will return the Confidential Information to the 

counsel who provided me with the Confidential Information. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction 

of the United States District Court, Eastern District, for the purpose of enforcing the Protective 

Order. 

Dated: _______________ ____________________________________ 

 

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