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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race)

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Daley & Heft, LLP, Attorneys at Law

Neal S. Meyers, Esq. (SBN 109625)

Golnar J. Fozi, Esq. (SBN 167674)

Athena B. Troy, Esq. (SBN 260092)

462 Stevens Avenue, Suite 201

Solana Beach, CA 92075

Telephone: (858) 755-5666

Facsimile: (858) 755-7870

E-mail: nmeyers@daley-heft.com

gfozi@daley-heft.com

atroy@daley-heft.com

Lawrence D. Murray (SBN 77536)

Murray & Associates

1781 Union Street

San Francisco, CA 94123

Telephone: (415) 673-0555

Facsimile: (415) 928-4084

Dean B. Gordon (SBN 61311) 

Law Office of Dean B. Gordon

1220 East Olive Avenue

Fresno, CA 93728

Telephone: (559) 221-7777

Facsimile: (559) 221-6812

Attorneys for Plaintiff Rodrigo Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT, FRESNO DIVISION

RODRIGO FLORES,

Plaintiff,

v.

MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a

public entity, DAN POPE, and ROBERT

BLUM,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:09-CV-01529-LJO-DLB

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER

GOVERNING CONFIDENTIAL

INFORMATION AND THE

INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF

PRIVILEGED MATERIAL

DISTRICT JUDGE: Lawrence J. O’Neill

COURTROOM: 9

MAGISTRATE JUDGE: Dennis L. Beck

WHEREAS, the undersigned Parties have agreed to, and the Court approves, the

following terms governing confidential information and the inadvertent disclosure of

privileged material, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. (a) Any party may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” any documents, discovery

responses, electronic data, deposition transcripts, exhibits or other materials produced or

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generated in this matter that it reasonably believes qualify for protection under standards

developed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (c) and orders of the court herein.

(b) Further, subject to the same standards set forth in paragraph 1(a), Either

party may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY” any

documents, discovery responses, electronic data, transcripts, exhibits or other materials of:

(a) any Merced Irrigation District current or former employee including, but not limited to, his

or her personnel file; (b) any harassment, discrimination, workplace violence and/or retaliation

complaint or investigation by or against the Merced Irrigation District involving any of its

former or current employees; or, (iii) any other confidential personnel, private or confidential

information involving a former or current Merced Irrigation District employee or applicant for

employment. Documents and information so designated as “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY/

EXPERT EYES ONLY” shall not be disclosed to persons other than those described in

Paragraph 4, infra, subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), (g) and (h);

(c) Further, subject to the same standards set forth in paragraph 1(a), Either

party may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY” any

documents, discovery responses, electronic data, transcripts, exhibits or other materials of:

(a) any personal, financial, medical, psychological, personal, private, or confidential

information pertaining to plaintiff Rodrigo Flores or LaMonte Tumbling. Documents and

information so designated as “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY” shall

not be disclosed to persons other than those described in Paragraph 4, infra, subsections (a),

(b), (d), (e), (g) and (h);

2. Parties will exercise restraint and care in designating materials for protection.

(a) 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. A designating party must take care to designate for protection

only those specific parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that

qualify - so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for

which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

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(b) 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) are prohibited.

3. Designations in conformity with this Order may be made as follows:

(a) for any material that qualifies for protection under this Order, by clearly

designating it as such before the material is disclosed or produced, except as otherwise

provided in this Order or as otherwise stipulated or ordered;

(b) for information in documentary form (other than depositions or other

transcripts), by stamping or labeling as CONFIDENTIAL or “CONFIDENTIALATTORNEY/ EXPERT EYES ONLY” on each page that contains protected material. If either

party believes that this labeling method is burdensome, the parties will meet and confer and

agree upon an alternative means of designating protected material;

(c) for testimony given in deposition or other proceeding, by identifying on the

record, before the close of the proceeding, all testimony that is considered

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY”; and

(d) for information or items produced in some form other than documentary, by

stamping or labeling the exterior of the container(s) in which the information or item is stored

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY”.

4. Documents and information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or

“CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY” in accordance with this Order

shall be used solely for the purpose of discovery, preparation, settlement, trial, and/or appeal

of this action, and, unless the Court rules otherwise, such documents or information designated

as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be disclosed to any person other than (a) counsel of record to

any party to this Order; (b) the legal, clerical, paralegal, or other staff of such counsel to this

action employed during the preparation for and settlement, trial and appeal of this action; (c)

plaintiff Rodrigo Flores or LaMonte Tumbling; (d) the officers, agents and employees of

defendant whom defendant believes in good faith have a need to review such documents or

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information and those whom plaintiff believes in good faith have a need to review such

documents or information; (e) persons retained by either party to this Order to furnish

consultant or expert services or advice or to give expert testimony in this action (and their

employees); (f) deponents, trial witnesses, potential witnesses [whom attorneys for plaintiff or

defendant in good faith have determined need to review such documents or information] and

court reporters in this action [subject to court order for any documents under seal]; (g) the

Court, Court personnel and jurors [subject to court order for any documents under seal]; and

(h) the author of the document or information. “CONFIDENTIAL” documents or information

disclosed to any such person shall not be disclosed by him/her to any other person not

included within the foregoing subparagraphs (a) through (h) of this paragraph. Documents and

information so designated as “CONFIDENTIAL -ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY” shall

not be disclosed to persons other than those described in subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), (g) and

(h), herein.

5. Any person who is to obtain access to material subject to this Order pursuant to

paragraph 4(a), 4(b), 4(e), and 4(f) – as it relates to potential witnesses – shall prior to receipt

of such material (a) be informed by the party providing access to such material of the terms of

this Order; (b) agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Order by executing the

attached Agreement; and (c) submit to the authority of this Court for enforcement of this

Order.

6. Except for use in deposition and trial of the matter, if counsel for a party herein

shall hereafter desire to make material subject to this Order available to the author of protected

material who is not entitled to disclosure pursuant to any person other than those referred to in

paragraphs 4 above, such counsel shall designate the material involved, identify the person to

whom he/she wishes to make disclosure, and inform counsel for the opposing party of their

desire. If the parties are subsequently unable to agree on the terms and conditions of disclosure

to persons not enumerated in paragraphs 4, disclosure may be made only on such terms as the

Court may order.

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7. If a party objects to the designation of any document or information as

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEY/EXPERT EYES ONLY” counsel

for the objecting party shall notify all counsel of record of the objection. The parties shall

meet and confer regarding this dispute. If the parties’ dispute regarding the objection cannot

be resolved by agreement, counsel seeking the designation of that document or information as

confidential may do so by filing a motion with this Court. The burden of persuasion in any

such challenge proceeding shall be on the designating party. If the party seeking the

designation does not file a motion within 15 calendar days of the conclusion of the meet and

confer process, the document or information will be treated as non-confidential, subject to

objection lodged by a third party. Counsel seeking to challenge the designation shall have the

opportunity to oppose the designating party’s motion. The documents or information in

question shall remain under the protection of this Order pending ruling on the motion or the

expiration of 15 calendar days after the meet and confer has concluded.

8. Without written permission from the party with an interest in protecting

material subject to this Order, or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested

persons, a party may not file in the public record (except under seal as provided in Civil L. R.

39-141) any material subject to this Order.

9. The provisions of this Order shall not terminate at the conclusion of this action.

Within sixty days after final termination of this action, including any appeals, the parties shall

return to counsel for a party that produced materials subject to this Order original and all

copies of such materials. At such time, each party must certify in writing that the terms of this

paragraph have been complied with. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, counsel

are entitled to retain any attorney work product, even if it contains material subject to this

Order. Any such retained materials shall remain subject to the terms of this Order.

10. Any material subject to this Order, and which is otherwise admissible, may be

used at trial, provided, however, that the parties agree that they will work with the Court to

identify trial procedures, including but not limited to court seals, that will protect and

maintain the non-public nature of sensitive and confidential information.

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11. Nothing contained in this Order, nor any action taken in compliance with it,

shall (a) preclude any party or third party from objecting to the initial request, demand or

exchange of any discovery or document which it considers confidential, privileged or

otherwise subject to privacy protection; (b) operate as an admission or assertion by any

witness or person or entity that any particular document or information is, or is not,

confidential or (c) prejudice in any way the right of any party to seek a Court determination of

whether it should remain confidential and subject to the terms of this Order. Any party to this

Order may request the Court to grant relief from any provision of this Order.

12. Nothing herein constitutes or may be interpreted as a waiver by any party or

third party of the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protection, rights available

to any party due to an inadvertent disclosure as provided by law or any other privilege or

confidentiality right.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: February 18, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck

DENNIS L. BECK

United States Magistrate Judge

AGREED TO BY:

DATED: February 11, 2010 Murray & Associates

s/Robert C. Strickland 

Lawrence D. Murray

Robert Strickland

Attorneys for Plaintiff Rodrigo Flores

E-mail: daydrmn@aol.com

robertcstrickland@gmail.com

DATED: February 16, 2010 Daley & Heft, LLP

By: s/Athena B. Troy 

Neal S. Meyers

Golnar J. Fozi

Athena B. Troy

Attorneys for Defendants

Merced Irrigation District;

Dan Pope, and Robert Blum

E-mail: nmeyers@daley-heft.com

gfozi@daley-heft.com

atroy@daley-heft.com

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Daley & Heft, LLP, Attorneys at Law

Neal S. Meyers, Esq. (SBN 109625)

Golnar J. Fozi, Esq. (SBN 167674)

Athena B. Troy, Esq. (SBN 260092)

462 Stevens Avenue, Suite 201

Solana Beach, CA 92075

Telephone: (858) 755-5666

Facsimile: (858) 755-7870

E-mail: nmeyers@daley-heft.com

gfozi@daley-heft.com

atroy@daley-heft.com

Attorneys for Defendants

Merced Irrigation District;

Dan Pope, and Robert Blum

Lawrence D. Murray (SBN 77536)

Murray & Associates

1781 Union Street

San Francisco, CA 94123

Telephone: (415) 673-0555

Facsimile: (415) 928-4084

Dean B. Gordon (SBN 61311) 

Law Office of Dean B. Gordon

1220 East Olive Avenue

Fresno, CA 93728

Telephone: (559) 221-7777

Facsimile: (559) 221-6812

Attorneys for Plaintiff Rodrigo Flores

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT, FRESNO DIVISION

RODRIGO FLORES,

Plaintiff,

v.

MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a

public entity, DAN POPE, and ROBERT

BLUM,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:09-CV-01529-LJO-DLB

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY

AGREED PROTECTIVE ORDER

JUDGE: Lawrence J. O’Neill

COURTROOM: 9

MAGISTRATE: Dennis L. Beck

I, __________________, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge that I have received a

copy of the Agreed Protective Order entered in this action, and that I have read the Order and

agree to be bound by all of the provisions in it. I recognize that during my participation in this

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case, I may have occasion to read or hear matters that are designated CONFIDENTIAL or

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY. I agreed not to disclose any

such matter to any person not entitled to receive disclosure of same under the provisions of the

Order and to use any such matter solely in connection with my participation in this case. I

also agree to return any materials protected by the Order to counsel for the party that supplied

me with such materials as soon as my participation in the case is concluded. I understand that

violation of this Order may subject me to Court imposed sanctions or other penalties.

DATED: __________________ __________________________________

Print Name

DATED: __________________ __________________________________

Print Address

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