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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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COOLEY GODWARD 

KRONISH LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

PALO ALTO

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Case No. C 01-3605 PJH 

COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

STEVEN L. FRIEDLANDER (154146) (friedlanders@cooley.com) 

MAUREEN P. ALGER (208522) (malger@cooley.com) 

ELIZA HOARD (238276) (ehoard@cooley.com) 

3000 El Camino Real 

Five Palo Alto Square 

Palo Alto, CA 94306 

Telephone: (650) 843-5000 

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LADENE DILLIHUNT 

KEVIN V. RYAN (118321) 

United States Attorney 

JOANN M. SWANSON (88143) 

Chief, Civil Division 

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (164613) (andrew.cheng@usdoj.gov) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, CA 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-4261 

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JOHN E. POTTER, Post Master General, and

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LADENE DILLIHUNT, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

JOHN E. POTTER, Post Master General, 

Defendant.

Case No. C 01-3605 PJH 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Complaint Filed: September 24, 2001 

Trial Date: August 27, 2007 

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WHEREAS, in the course of this litigation disclosure has been or may be sought of 

information which a party regards as being of a confidential, personal, or financial nature 

(hereinafter, “Confidential Information”); and 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants desire to protect against the disclosure of 

Confidential Information; 

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

counsel, that the following Order shall govern the disclosure of Confidential Information in this 

action: 

1. Information Subject to Designation. All originals and copies of deposition 

transcripts and exhibits, responses to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, 

responses to requests for the production of documents, and any and all other documents, 

materials, tangible things or other information or materials obtained in discovery or otherwise 

disclosed or used herein (collectively “Information”) that contain or refer to any Confidential 

Information, may be designated by the party or non-party producing, receiving or having an 

interest in the Confidential Information as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Any party or non-party so 

designating Confidential Information shall have a reasonable and good faith belief that the 

information so designated is Confidential Information and is properly subject to the marked 

designation.

 2. Method of Designation. Information shall be designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by 

the placement in plain view of a stamp or marking in those words on each page of the document 

containing the Information being so designated. 

 3. Limits on Use of Confidential Information. Any information designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” and all information derived therefrom, shall only be disclosed as provided in 

this Order, shall be used only for the purposes of this specific action, and shall not be used for any 

other purpose whatsoever.

 4. Information Designated CONFIDENTIAL. Except as provided below, Information 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be given, shown, made available or communicated in 

any way to any person other than the following: 

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(a) Counsel to Plaintiff, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; 

(b) Counsel to Defendant, Kevin V. Ryan, Joann M. Swanson, Andrew Y.S. 

Cheng;

(c) Counsel to the United States Postal Service, Joan Robin; 

(d) Members, partners and the employed associates, paralegals, clerks and 

secretaries of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and the United States Attorney’s Office, as well as 

any independent contractors retained by such entities to assist in this action (e.g., paralegals or 

clerical aides); 

(e) The Court, court personnel, and stenographic reporters and videographers 

at depositions taken in this action; 

(f) Plaintiff; 

(g) Defendant;

(h) Experts and/or consultants who are not regularly employed by or 

associated with a party hereto, and whose advice is or will be used by a party in connection with 

preparation for trial or trial of this action, as well as any employees, associates or independent 

contractors retained by those experts to assist in their work on this matter. Counsel desiring to 

disclose Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” to any such experts or consultants under this 

subsection must first obtain a signed Certification, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, from 

each such expert or consultant. 

(i) Witnesses who have previously drafted, received or reviewed the 

Information; and 

(j) Such other persons as to whom both parties may agree. Counsel desiring 

to disclose Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” to any such persons under this subsection 

must first obtain a signed Certification, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, from each such 

person.

 5. Retention of Certifications. The attorneys of record shall maintain a file of all 

Certifications signed by persons to whom Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” has been 

given. Said files shall be retained for at least two years following the disposition of this action, 

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and during that time period, shall be made available upon request for inspection and copying by 

any attorney of record. 

 6. Depositions and Transcripts. Counsel will not disclose Information designated 

as “CONFIDENTIAL” to a witness testifying at a deposition except in strict conformity with the 

provisions of this Order. Any party or non-party may designate excerpts of a deposition 

transcript as “CONFIDENTIAL” within twenty (20) business days after receiving such transcript, 

upon written notice to the non-designating attorneys of record.

 7. Filing Procedure. No Information which is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,”

including any pleading or memorandum purporting to reproduce or paraphrase such Information, 

will be filed with the Court unless it is filed under seal in accordance with the Local Civil Rules 

for the Northern District of California, including Local Civil Rule 79-5. To comply with this 

requirement, Confidential Information must be filed in sealed containers labeled with (a) the title 

of this action, (b) the general nature of the contents; (c) the words “CONFIDENTIAL;” and (d) a 

statement substantially in the following form:

CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. This sealed container filed 

in this case, Dillihunt v. Potter, Case No. C 01-3605 PJH, contains confidential 

materials generally identified as __________. Pursuant to the parties’ Stipulated 

Protective Order, the container shall not be opened nor the contents thereof 

revealed except to the Court. After any such opening or revelation, the container 

shall be resealed with the contents inside. This restriction is subject to an order of 

the Court. 

 8. Trial Procedure. Should an attorney of record for any party desire to use 

Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or any summary thereof or excerpt therefrom, during 

the trial of or at any hearing in this action, counsel must, prior to such use, bring the 

confidentiality thereof to the attention of the Court and the party which designated the 

Information. Counsel for the producing party may request that any portion of the transcript or 

exhibit containing such Information be filed under seal with the Court, and be accorded protection 

as provided by the terms of this Order. All persons present at the time of such use must be 

directed to treat such Information as Confidential Information, and counsel for the parties will 

exercise all reasonable care not to disclose such materials needlessly in the public record of this 

proceeding nor to persons not entitled under this Order to receive such Information.

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 9. Failure to Designate Is Not a Waiver. Any party may designate Information, 

discovery responses or portions of deposition transcripts as “CONFIDENTIAL” even if not initially 

so marked in accordance with the terms of this Order by advising each party in writing of the 

Information which is to be so designated. Thereafter all such Information, discovery responses 

and/or transcripts must be marked and treated in accordance with the terms of this Order. Any 

person receiving written notice of a change in designation for previously produced Information, 

discovery responses or deposition transcripts must thereafter treat such Information as if it had 

been originally designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” and must mark all copies of such documents in 

their possession accordingly. 

 10. Disputes About Designations. If, subsequent to a party’s acceptance of 

Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” it appears to such accepting party that any 

Information so designated is not of a nature warranting the protection afforded hereunder, such 

accepting party may bring a noticed motion to be relieved entirely or in part from the provisions 

of this Order. In the event of such a motion, however, it shall be the burden of the party 

designating the material as “CONFIDENTIAL” to justify the designation in accordance with the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Civil Local Rules and other applicable law. Until a 

determination by the Court as to the propriety of the designation, the Information shall be treated 

in accordance with its designation. A party shall not be obligated to object to the propriety of any 

designation at the time such designation is made, and failure to do so or any delay in objecting 

will not in any way prejudice the right to later challenge the designation pursuant to this 

Paragraph.

 11. Scope of Order. The designation by counsel for the disclosing party of any 

Information as constituting or containing Confidential Information is intended solely to facilitate 

the preparation and trial of this case, and such designation shall not be construed in any way as an 

admission or agreement by any party that the designated disclosure constitutes or contains any 

Confidential Information in contemplation of law. Furthermore, the existence of this Order shall 

not be used to require any party to produce any Information. Any party seeking disclosure of any 

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Information shall retain whatever burden it has under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for 

production or disclosure.

 12. Court Reporters. Any court reporter who transcribes testimony that a party or 

non-party designates as “CONFIDENTIAL,” (whether at a deposition or otherwise) shall agree that 

(a) all such testimony is and shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed except to the 

attorneys of record and any other person who is present while such testimony is being given; and 

(b) copies of any transcript, reporter’s notes, or any other transcription records of any such 

testimony shall be retained in absolute confidentiality and safekeeping by such reporter.

 13. Subpoena of Confidential Information. Whenever a party to this action, or any 

signatory to the attached Certification, is requested by one not already subject to this Order, 

pursuant to subpoena, request for production of documents, or other lawful process or request 

(“request”), to produce or disclose any Information designated under this Order as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” that party or signatory shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, but no later 

than five (5) days after service of that request, notify the designating party’s attorney of record 

and provide such attorney with a copy of the request. If the designating party objects to the 

production, the Information shall not be produced except pursuant to a court order (or other order 

which subjects the party to penalties for noncompliance) requiring compliance with the request.

 14. Disposal of Confidential Information. Within sixty (60) days of the final 

disposition of this action, whether by judgment (including exhaustion of all appeals), settlement 

or otherwise, each attorney of record will either (a) promptly return to the party or witness from 

whom obtained, all Information which has been marked “CONFIDENTIAL” and all copies made 

thereof, or (b) destroy all such Information, as counsel for the disclosing party directs. However, 

each attorney of record may retain any work product containing Confidential Information and one 

record copy of any items filed with the Court upon notice to the other attorneys of record of such 

retention and subject to the terms of this Order.

 15. Amendment. This Order may be amended by written stipulation of the parties 

filed with and approved by the Court.

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 16. Termination. The provisions of this Order will continue in effect until otherwise 

ordered by the Court after notice and an opportunity to be heard is afforded to all parties. The 

final determination or settlement of this action does not relieve any person who has received 

Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or agreed to be bound by the terms of this Protective 

Order of their obligations hereunder. This Court will retain jurisdiction after such final 

determination or settlement to enforce the provisions of this Order and to make such 

modifications, and additions to this Order as the Court deems appropriate.

 17. Stipulation. The parties to this litigation, by and through their respective 

attorneys of record, hereby agree and stipulate to be bound by the terms of this Order. 

Dated: ___ October 30,2006____ COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP 

STEVEN L. FRIEDLANDER (154146)

MAUREEN P. ALGER (208522) 

ELIZA HOARD (238276)

By: ___________/s/_______________________. Maureen P. Alger 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LADENE DILLIHUNT 

Dated: ___October 30,2006_____

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE 

KEVIN V. RYAN (118321) 

JOANN M. SWANSON (88143) 

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (164613) 

By: ___________/s/_______________________. Andrew Y.S. Cheng 

Attorneys for Defendants 

JOHN E. POTTER, POST MASTER GENERAL 

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:__________________

 ___________________________________ 

The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton 

United States District Judge 

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October 31, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Bernard Zimmerman

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EXHIBIT A

LADENE DILLIHUNT, 

Plaintiff, 

v.

JOHN E. POTTER, Post Master General, 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C 01-3605 PJH 

CERTIFICATION

I, ______________________, declare as follows: 

1. I live at _______________________. I am employed as ___________________ 

by ___________________. 

2. I have read the Stipulated Protective Order entered in Dillihunt v. Potter, Case 

No. C 01-3605 PJH, and a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order has been given to me. 

3. I agree to be bound by the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order, and agree 

that any information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” within the meaning of the Stipulated 

Protective Order, will be used by me only to assist counsel in connection with the abovereferenced litigation. 

4. I agree that I will not disclose or discuss information designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” with anyone other than the persons described in Paragraph 4 of the Stipulated 

Protective Order. 

5. I agree to be subject in personam to the jurisdiction of the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California in connection with any proceeding relating to the 

enforcement of the Stipulated Protective Order. 

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this 

declaration was executed this ___ day of ____________, 2006 at ____________________. 

_________________________________

 (Name) 

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