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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
Cause of Action: 42:405 Fair Housing Act

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BRANCART & BRANCART

 Christopher Brancart (SBN 128475)

 Liza Cristol-Deman (SBN 190516)

Post Office Box 686

Pescadero, California 94060

Tel: (650) 879-0141

Fax: (650) 879-1103

STEPHEN E. GOLDBERG (SBN 173499)

Attorney at Law

1100 Howe Avenue, Suite 542

Sacramento, CA 95825

Tel: (916) 565-1225

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KELLY FITZGERALD and )

AMBROSIA FITZGERALD, by )

her guardian ad litem, KELLY )

FITZGERALD, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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vs. )

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NIELSEN PROPERTY MANAGERS, )

INC.; EROS RESMINI; and, MANINA )

RESMINI, )

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Defendants. )

Case No. 2:05-CV-00119-MCE-PAN

JOINT APPLICATION AND

STIPULATION FOR ISSUANCE OF

PROTECTIVE ORDER; [PROPOSED]

ORDER

The parties to this action, by and through their respective counsel, hereby apply for

and stipulate to the issuance of the protective order attached hereto. 

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Plaintiffs’ counsel attests that this document is acceptable to all parties required to

sign below.

Respectfully submitted,

BRANCART & BRANCART

STEPHEN E. GOLDBERG

Dated: June ___, 2005.

Liza Cristol-Deman

Brancart & Brancart

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,

 EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

Dated: June ___, 2005.

Tanya X. Johnson

Attorney for Defendants

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PROTECTIVE ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. As used in this Protective Order, "Confidential Information" means:

(a) The last names, addresses, telephone numbers, and social security numbers

of fair housing testers who participated in the investigation conducted by the Housing

Rights/Fair Housing Commission of Sacramento at the rental premises that is the subject

of the above-captioned matter;

(b) Documents created or maintained by the Housing Rights/Fair Housing

Commission of Sacramento that reflect the methodology used for investigating housing

complaints, including the methodology used in the investigation at the rental premises that

is the subject of this matter;

(c) The last names, social security numbers, and financial information of

defendants’ tenants, former tenants, and rental applicants;

(d) Defendants’ financial information.

2. The Confidential Information described above is properly subject to protection

under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Counsel shall not designate any

discovery material “CONFIDENTIAL” without first making a good faith determination that

protection is warranted and that the material falls into one of the four specific categories

listed in paragraph 1, above.

3. If a party wishes to challenge the designation of a document or portion of a

document as “CONFIDENTIAL,” the party challenging the designation shall meet and

confer in good faith with the designating party in an attempt to resolve the dispute. If the

parties are unable to resolve their dispute, the party seeking confidentiality may file a

motion with the Court seeking adjudication of the matter under F.R.C.P. 26(c). The party

seeking confidentiality has the burden of establishing that protection is warranted under

F.R.C.P. 26(c).

4. Confidential Information shall be disclosed by the parties and their counsel

only in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order and shall be used solely for the

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purposes of this action and shall not be used by the parties or their counsel for any other

purpose.

5. Confidential Information shall not be disclosed by the parties or their counsel

to anyone other than the Court and its officers, government officials associated with this

action, counsel and their agents and employees, including investigators, and the parties,

all of whom shall be advised of, and bound by, the terms of this Protective Order. Counsel

may also disclose Confidential Information to qualified third-parties retained to assist in the

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action, such as investigators and expert

witnesses. Anyone (other than the Court and its personnel) who receives Confidential

Information shall be provided with a copy of this Protective Order and shall sign the NonDisclosure Agreement in the form of Attachment 1. 

6. To the extent feasible, any party filing any document that contains

Confidential Information shall redact all Confidential Information before filing. Only such

pages or exhibits or portions thereof that are designated by the parties as Confidential

Information shall be lodged under seal. If the filing party believes that Confidential

Information is necessary to adjudicate the matter or redacting is otherwise not feasible, the

filing party must file the document with the Court in a sealed envelope with the following

label:

"Confidential Information

Filed Under Seal Pursuant to Protective Order

Fitzgerald vs. Nielsen Property Managers et al.

Case No. 2:05-CV-00119-MCE-PAN

[Title of Document]”

The sealed envelope shall be filed with instructions stating that the document is being filed

pursuant to this Protective Order and that it shall not be opened absent further order of the

Court. 

7. Prior to hearings or testimony before the Court in this case, the parties, in the

event that it is known reasonably in advance of such hearing or testimony that matters

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involving Confidential Information will be raised, shall so advise the Court. 

8. Nothing in this Protective Order shall affect the admissibility of any

Confidential Information in this action.

9. Within 30 days after the termination of this action all Confidential Information

produced by a party shall be returned to that party’s counsel.

10. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed to unduly hamper the

rights of the parties to prosecute and defend this action. Nothing in this Protective Order

shall preclude any party from moving the Court for modification of any terms and conditions

thereof. Any party may, at any time, move the Court for modification of this Protective

Order. 

11. This Protective Order shall survive the final termination of this action. The

Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce this Protective Order for six months after the final

termination to resolve any dispute concerning the use of Confidential Information. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 23, 2005.

___________________________________

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ATTACHMENT 1

NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ______________________________, do solemnly swear that I am fully familiar

with the terms of the stipulated protective order entered in Fitzgerald v. Nielsen Property

Managers, et al., United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Case Number

2:05-CV-00119-MCE-PAN, and hereby agree to comply with and be bound by the terms

and conditions of this order unless and until modified by further order of this Court. I

hereby consent to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of enforcing this order.

Dated: .

Signature

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