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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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Benjamin L. Ratliff Bar No. 113708 

THE LAW FIRM OF

WEAKLEY, RATLIFF, 

ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF MADERA, 

OFFICER JOCELYN BECK, OFFICER WARREN

WEBSTER, SGT. JOHN R. MARKLE

and CHIEF MICHAEL B. KIME

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FREDERICK LEE,

Plaintiff

vs.

CITY OF MADER, MADERA POLICE

DEPARTMENT; OFFICER JOCELYN

BECK, OFFICER WARREN WEBSTER,

SGT. JOHN R. MARKLE and MICHAEL

B. KIME, Chief of the Madera City Police

Department, in his Individual and Official

Capacity. 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. CIV F 04-5607 AWI DLB 

STIPULATION RE PROTECTIVE ORDER

AND ORDER THEREON

 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between the parties, that the following information will

be disclosed pursuant to this stipulation and protective order:

1. Documents reflecting procedures and standards used in disciplining officers

employed by the City of Madera.

2. Documents reflecting the policies, procedures and course material used with

respect to the training of officers in the use of non-deadly force in the making of an arrest

and the date the training was offered.

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3. Documents reflecting the training of Madera Police Officer Jocelyn Beck,

Warren Webster and Sgt. John Markle in the use of non-deadly force in the making of

an arrest.

4. Documents reflecting the policies, procedures and course material used with

respect to the training of officers to properly determine probable cause for arrest and the

dates the training was offered.

5. Documents reflecting the training of Madera Police Officer Jocelyn Beck,

Warren Webster and Sgt. John Markle to properly determine probable cause for arrest.

6. Documents reflecting the policies, procedures and course material used with

respect to the training of officers in the use of handcuffs and the dates the training was

offered.

7. Documents reflecting the training of Madera Police Officer Jocelyn Beck,

Warren Webster and Sgt. John Markle in the use of handcuffs. 

8. Documents reflecting the policies, procedures and course material used with

respect to the training of officers in the use of handcuffs during an arrest and the

handling of a handcuffed suspect and the dates the training was offered.

9. Documents reflecting the policies, procedures, regulations or rules used by the

Madera Police Department concerning tactics officers should use when citizens are upset

or verbally abusive to the officer. 

10. Documents reflecting the policies, procedures, regulations or rules used by the

Madera Police Department concerning establishing probable cause for arrest. 

11. Documents relating to citizen complaints concerning excessive use of force or

false arrest on the part of the individually named police officers within five years

preceding April 23, 2003 and six months after said date, including the complaints

themselves, any follow-up internal affairs investigations of the complaints and conclusions

rendered after the investigations. 

The information which is maintained by the Madera City Police Department and

requested by plaintiff through discovery, may be disclosed to counsel for plaintiff pursuant to

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the protective order detailed below. The information requested by plaintiff is information

which the City of Madera deems confidential. The release of this information pursuant to this

Stipulation and Protective Order does not waive the confidentiality privilege protecting these

documents from general disclosure.

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED:

1. The “confidential” information shall be used solely in connection with this

litigation in the preparation and trial of this case, or any related proceeding, and not for any

other purpose or in any other litigation.

2. Documents containing the confidential information may be disclosed only to the

following persons: 

a) counsel for any party to this action;

b) paralegal, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel regularly

employed by counsel referred to in (a); 

c) court personnel including stenographic reporters engaged in proceedings as

are necessarily incidental to preparation for the trial of this action; 

d) any outside expert or consultant retained in connection with this action and

not otherwise employed by either party;

e) any in-house expert designated by defendants to testify at trial in this matter;

f) witnesses other than the plaintiff herein, may have the information disclosed

to them during deposition proceedings; the witnesses shall be bound by the provisions of

paragraph 3;

g) the finder of fact at the time of trial subject to the court’s rulings on in

limine motions and objections of counsel;

h) no documents containing confidential information shall be provided to

plaintiff; however, information that has been deemed confidential may be shared with plaintiff

for purposes of preparation of the case. Before any confidential information is provided to

plaintiff they will be provided with a copy of this protective order and agree to be bound by the

provisions of same.

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3. Each person to whom disclosure is made with the exception of counsel who are

presumed to know of the contents of this protective order shall, prior to the time of disclosure,

be provided by the person furnishing him/her such information, a copy of this order, and shall

agree on the record or in writing that he/she has read the protective order and that he/she

understands the provisions of the protective order. Such person must also consent to be subject

to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court Eastern District of California with respect

to any proceeding related to enforcement of this order, including without limitation, any

proceeding for contempt. Provisions of this order insofar as they restrict disclosure and use of

the material shall be in effect until further order of this Court.

4. Any document filed with the Court that reveals confidential information shall be

filed under sealed label with a cover sheet as follows: "This document is subject to a

protective order issued by the Court and may not be copied or examined except in compliance

with that order." Such documents shall be kept by the Court under seal and made available

only to the Court or counsel.

5. At the conclusion of this litigation, all confidential material received under the

provisions of this order, including copies made, shall be destroyed, or tendered back to the

attorney of record for the City of Madera, Weakley, Ratliff, Arendt & McGuire LLP, 1630 E.

Shaw Ave., Ste. 176, Fresno, California 93710; Attention: Benjamin L. Ratliff. The 

conclusion of litigation means the termination of the case following applicable post-trial

motions, appeal and/or retrial.

DATED: September 15, 2005 WEAKLEY, RATLIFF, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

 /s/ Benjamin L. Ratliff

By: ______________________________________

Benjamin L. Ratliff

Attorney for Defendant City of Madera

DATED: September 15, 2005 THE LAW OFFICE OF JACOB M. WEISBERG

 /s/ Jacob M. Weisberg

By: ______________________________________

Jacob M. Weisberg

Attorney for Plaintiff

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 15, 2005 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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