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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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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER,

C 05-1683 JSW 1

KEVIN V. RYAN (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG (SBN 164613)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue,10th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-6813

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: andrew.cheng@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JEANNIE SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary, U.S.

Department of Defense,

Defendant.

 

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No. C 05-01683 JSW

E-Filing Case

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE

CONFIDENTIALITY

Subject to the approval of this Court, plaintiff JEANNIE SMITH and defendant

DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby

stipulate to the following protective order:

The parties agree that entry of the following protective order is necessary in order to: (1)

facilitate discovery of information without document by document controversy concerning

confidentiality; (2) protect employees of the Department of Defense from undue annoyance,

embarrassment, oppression, burden and expense resulting from public disclosure or use for

purposes other than this litigation of confidential information that the parties will disclose in

discovery; and (3) avoid violation of the Privacy Act as codified at 5 U.S.C. §522a. The parties

therefore request that the Court enter the following protective order pursuant to Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 26(c).

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER,

C 05-1683 JSW 2

STIPULATED ORDER

All documents obtained from defendant in response to discovery requests made under the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or made pursuant to any disclosure requirement, including

initial disclosure requirements, that are contained within any EEO file, medical file, injury

compensation file, or any personnel file of any person other than the plaintiff (the “Documents”)

shall be subject to the following restrictions:

1. The Documents and the information contained therein shall be used only for

purposes of this litigation and not for any other purpose;

2. Neither the Documents nor the information contained therein shall be disclosed to

anyone other than (a) the attorney employed by plaintiff and the attorney’s staff; (b) the parties;

(c) actual or potential third-party witnesses; (d) outside experts or consultants retained by any of

the parties or their counsel for purposes of this litigation; (e) the Court in further proceedings

herein; (f) stenographic deposition reporters; and (g) other persons whom the parties mutually

agree upon in writing;

3. There shall be no reproduction of the Documents, except that, as required by the

litigation, copies, excerpts, or summaries may be shown to those authorized in Paragraph 2;

4. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 2 and 3, all of the Documents shall

remain in the custody of the plaintiff’s attorney of record during the pendency of the litigation;

5. Upon final determination of this litigation, including all appeals, all of the

Documents, including copies, extracts or summaries thereof, produced by defendant that pertains

to any person other than the plaintiff herein, shall be returned to defendant’s counsel. 

Notwithstanding this paragraph, however, the plaintiff’s attorneys may retain one copy of each

pleading and other document filed with the Court that contains any of the Documents covered by

this Order. Furthermore, nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require plaintiff’s

attorney to turn over any attorney work-product; and

6. This Stipulation and Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party

to seek modification of it from the Court. It shall remain in effect until such time as it is

modified, amended or rescinded by the Court and shall survive termination of this action. The 

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any Documents filed with the Court intended to remain under seal 

must be filed in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5;

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER,

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Court shall have continuing jurisdiction to modify, amend, or rescind this Stipulation and

Protective Order notwithstanding the termination of this action.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

May 15, 2006 ______/s/______________________

ANDREW Y.S. CHENG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

May 15, 2006 _______/s/______________________ 

HOWARD MOORE, JR., ESQ.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

APPROVED AND SO ORDERED.

DATED: _________________ ______________________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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May 19, 2006

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