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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

PRISON LAW OFFICE 

DONALD SPECTER (SBN 83925) 

REBEKAH EVENSON (SBN 207825) 

1917 Fifth Street 

Berkeley, California 94710-1916 

Telephone: 510.280.2621 

Facsimile: 510.280.2704 

dspecter@prisonlaw.com 

revenson@prisonlaw.com 

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP 

WARREN E. GEORGE (SBN 53588) 

MANU PRADHAN (SBN 253026) 

HEATHER SHOOK (SBN 268716) 

Three Embarcadero Center 

San Francisco, CA 94111-4067 

Telephone: 415.393.2000 

Facsimile: 415.393.2286 

warren.george@bingham.com 

manu.pradhan@bingham.com 

heather.shook@bingham.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

KAMALA D. HARRIS 

Attorney General of California 

DAMON G. McCLAIN, (SBN 209508) 

Deputy Attorney General 

CHRISTOPHER J. BECKER, (SBN 

230529) 

Deputy Attorney General 

ERIN SULLIVAN (SBN 242757) 

Deputy Attorney General 

455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000 

San Francisco, Ca 94102-7004 

Telephone: 415.703.5750 

Facsimile: 415.703.5843 

Email: Damon.McClain@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ROBERT MITCHELL, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MATTHEW CATE, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:08-CV-01196 JAM EFB

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

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IT IS STIPULATED BY THE PARTIES, BY AND THROUGH THEIR 

RESPECTIVE COUNSEL, AND ORDERED BY THE COURT AS FOLLOWS: 

A. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL AND INFORMATION SUBJECT TO THIS 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

The parties shall be entitled to designate in good faith which discovery responses are 

confidential. The criteria for such a designation shall be whether a party believes in good faith 

that the information is entitled to protection from disclosure under California state law, including 

but not limited to the names and numbers of prisoners, confidential employment records for 

CDCR Employees, and information that might compromise the safety or security of a prison or 

prisoner. 

B. CONDITIONS FOR RELEASE OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS 

1. Any party may designate discovery responses, documents produced in 

discovery, or deposition transcripts as confidential by producing such documents on pink or 

lilac-colored paper, by stamping them as “confidential” on their face, by watermarking them, or 

by other mutually agreeable means. If a party does not indicate that a particular Document is 

confidential at the time it is produced, it will be presumed not confidential, without prejudice to 

the party’s right to assert confidentiality at a later time. 

2. Plaintiffs’ counsel is prohibited from disclosing any confidential 

documents or information to Plaintiffs, any other inmate presently or previously in the custody 

of CDCR, any relatives or associates of an inmate presently or previously in the custody of the 

CDCR, or any other member of the public, except as described in Paragraph 3 below. 

3. Unless the Court Orders otherwise, confidential documents and the 

information contained therein may be disclosed only to the following persons: 

a. Counsel of record; 

b. Paralegal, attorney, stenographic, clerical, and secretarial personnel 

employed by counsel of record; 

c. Court personnel, stenographic reporters, and videographers engaged in 

such proceedings that are incidental to preparation for the trial in this action; 

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d. Any outside expert or consultant retained by the parties for purposes of 

this litigation; and 

e. Non-inmate witnesses to whom the documents and the information 

contained in the documents may be disclosed during, or in preparation for, a deposition taken in 

this matter, or otherwise during the preparation for trial and during trial, provided that the 

witness may not leave any deposition with copies of any of the confidential documents, and shall 

be informed of and shall agree to be bound by the terms of this order. 

4. Each person to whom the parties’ counsel disclose confidential 

information shall, prior to the time of disclosure, be provided with a written notice. The notice 

shall specify that the documents and information shall not be disclosed except as provided 

herein, that the documents and information are subject to this protective order in the United 

States District Court for the Eastern District of California, and that a violation of the 

confidentiality provisions may lead to enforcement action, including, but not limited to, any 

proceeding for civil or criminal contempt. 

5. Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ counsel, including paralegal, stenographic, 

clerical, and secretarial personnel employed by counsel of record shall not make copies of the 

confidential documents, or provide originals to anybody, except as necessary for purposes of this 

litigation, Mitchell v. Cate, et al., USDC, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:08-CV01196 JAM EFB, including appeals. Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ counsel are responsible to ensure 

that these individuals comply with this protective order. 

6. At the conclusion of this litigation, including appeals, all confidential 

documents, including copies, shall be destroyed or returned to the producing party. 

7. All confidential documents and the information contained therein shall be 

used solely in connection with this litigation, including appeals, and not for any other purpose, 

including other litigation. 

8. All confidential documents that are filed with the Court shall be filed with 

a request to seal documents in accordance with Eastern District of California Local Rule 141.

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under seal, labeled with a cover sheet bearing the case name along with the following statement: 

“This document is subject to a protective order issued by the Court and shall not be examined or 

copied except in compliance with that order.” Upon failure of the filing party to file confidential 

documents under seal in accordance with Local Rule 141, any party may request that the Court 

place the document under seal. 

9. Nothing in this protective order is intended to prevent officials or 

employees of the State of California, or other authorized government officials, from having 

access to confidential documents to which they would have access in the normal course of their 

official duties. 

10. The provisions of this protective order are without prejudice to the right of 

any party: 

a. To apply to the Court for a further protective order relating to any 

confidential documents or material, or relating to discovery in this litigation; 

b. To apply to the Court for an order removing the confidential material 

designation from any documents; or 

c. To object to a discovery request. 

11. This Protective Order shall be binding on the parties as of the date it is 

signed by the parties. The provisions of this order shall remain in full force and effect until 

further order of this Court. 

C. HANDLING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AT TRIAL 

To the extent any party seeks to use documents designated as 

“confidential” as exhibits at trial, the parties shall meet and confer in an attempt to obtain 

agreement regarding the handling of such materials during trial, and either party may petition the 

court for a resolution of this matter, as provided in Local Rule 141.1(b)(2). 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

September 13, 2012 /s/ _______ DAMON MCCLAIN

 Attorneys for Defendants 

September 13, 2012 /s/ _______

 REBEKAH EVENSON

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 17, 2012. 

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