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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:451 Employment Discrimination

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WILLIAM TAMAYO – #084965 (CA)

JONATHAN T. PECK – #12303 (VA)

CINDY O'HARA -- #114555 (CA)

LINDA ORDONIO-DIXON – #172830 (CA)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

 COMMISSION

San Francisco District Office

350 The Embarcadero, Suite 500

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 625-5622

Facsimile: (415) 625-5657

Attorneys for Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

and

ABDELLATIF HADJI,

Plaintiff-Intervenor

v.

ALBION RIVER INN, INC.,

Defendant. _______________________________________ 

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Civil Action No. C-06-5356 SI

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER REGARDING PERSONNEL

FILES

FRCP 26(c)(1)

This Stipulation and Protective Order (“Order) is entered into between Plaintiff Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), Intervener Abdellatif Hadji and Defendant

Albion River Inn, Inc. (“Albion”).

The purpose of this Order is to protect against the disclosure of records contained in

employee personnel files which the parties may produce in connection with the prosecution,

defense, or settlement of this action.

Subject to the approval of this Court, all parties hereby stipulate to the following

protective order:

1. During the course of this litigation, the parties may produce records relating to

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employee personnel files which could potentially contain private and/or confidential information. 

Such documents may be stamped, prior to their production, with the word “CONFIDENTIAL”

on every page, which shall make the document and/or the pages thereof subject to this

Stipulation and Protective Order.

2. Any document marked “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be used for any purpose

except in connection with this litigation, including as exhibits in: hearings, motion papers and at

trial. 

3. Any document marked “CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be delivered or exhibited in

whole or in part except to: (a) the parties in this case; (b) counsel of record for the parties in this

case; (c) persons regularly employed by plaintiff’s or defendant’s counsel; (d) mediators or other

settlement neutrals; (e) court reporters; (f) expert witnesses and consultants who are assisting

counsel in the preparation of this action for trial; or, (g) witnesses in depositions or at trial. 

4. Any person to whom delivery or exhibition of such documents is made shall be

subject to the provisions of this stipulation and order. Persons to whom delivery or exhibition of

the confidential documents is made, except for counsel of record for plaintiff or defendant, will

be given a copy of this Stipulation and Order prior to delivery or exhibition of the confidential

document, and shall be required to certify in writing, using Exhibit A hereto, that they will not

deliver or exhibit the confidential document, or disclose the information contained therein, to

other persons, except as provided in paragraph 4. Counsel shall retain the originals of these

written certifications.

5. Regardless of which party to this action makes the designation of

“CONFIDENTIAL” on employee personnel file records, the parties agree that the individual

employee whose personnel file has been designated “CONFIDENTIAL” may waive such

confidentiality by written notice to all parties, at which point the file or any documents therefrom

need no longer be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this order, and may be treated as

any other document produced in the course of this litigation.

6. Within sixty (60) days after the conclusion of this litigation and the time available

for appeals related to this litigation, counsel for Defendant and/or counsel for Intervenor shall

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return to counsel for the party which produced the record, or destroy, at the option of the

producing party, the originals and all copies of any personnel file records which have been

produced and were marked “CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to this order. Plaintiff EEOC, due to

its obligations regarding the preservation of government records will not return any documents so

marked, but will segregate them with instructions that should such files be requested pursuant to

the Freedom of Information Act or other legal proceeding, Plaintiff EEOC will inform the party

which originally produced the documents of the request and allow said party ten (10) business

days to raise any objection to the disclosure of the documents.

Dated: April 5, 2007 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

COMMISSION

By__________/s/_______________

Cindy O’Hara

Attorney for Plaintiff EEOC

Dated: April 5, 2007 CHAPMAN, POPIK & WHITE LLP

By _________/s/____________________

G. David Nied

Raquel Lacayo-Valle

Attorneys for Intervenor Abdellatif Hadji

Dated: April 5, 2007 LAW OFFICES OF RAYMOND ERLACH

By __________/s/___________________

Raymond N. Erlach

Attorneys for Defendant Albion River Inn, Inc.

ORDER

It is so ordered.

Dated:___________________________ _________________________________

United States District Court Judge

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ATTACHMENT A

AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America and the

State of California that I have read and agree to comply with and be bound by the terms of the

Stipulation and Protective Order Regarding Personnel Files entered into in EEOC and Abdellatif

Hadji v. Albion River Inn, Inc., NDCA Civil Action No. C-06-5356 SI. I hereby consent to the

jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Order.

Date:_______________________ ____________________________

Signature

_____________________________

Print Name

______________________________

Title

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