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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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ROBERT NAVARRO

State Bar No. 128461 

Attorney at Law

1295 North Wishon Avenue, Suite 207

Fresno, California 93728 

tel: 559.240.2354 fax 559.497.5471

robrojo@att.net

CAROLYN D. PHILLIPS

State Bar No. 103045

Attorney at Law

P.O. Box 5622

Fresno, California 93755-5622

tel: 559.248.9833 fax: 559.248.9820

cdp18@sbcglobal.net

Attorneys for Plaintiff Dominic Hanna

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOMINIC HANNA, Case No. 1:14-CV-00142-LJO-SKO

 Plaintiff, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

REGARDING DISCOVERY IN 

 v. HALL v. COUNTY OF FRESNO 

FRESNO COUNTY, et al., 

 Defendants. 

 

Subject to the approval of this Court, the parties, defendants by and through counsel 

Carey Johnson and Michelle Pepper, and plaintiff through his counsel of record Robert Navarro 

and Carolyn Phillips, along with counsel for all parties in Hall et al., v. County of Fresno, et al., 

U.S. District Court, Case No.1:11-cv-2047 LJO, (Hall), defendants by and through Fresno 

County Counsel Daniel Cederborg and plaintiffs by and through their counsel Prison Law Office 

Senior Staff Attorney Alison Hardy, hereby stipulate to the following protective order regarding 

the Hall defendants’ discovery responses containing confidential materials:

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1) Notwithstanding protective orders in the Hall case (Doc. nos. 51 and 119 therein), 

which remain if full force and effect except as modified by this document, discovery responses, 

including those marked “CONFIDENTIAL,” produced by defendants in Hall, et al. v. County of 

Fresno, et al., U.S. District Court Case No.1:11-cv-2047, including but not limited to written 

responses, documents, electronic materials, records and other materials,1 may be disclosed or 

made available only to the Court, to counsel for the parties in Hanna v. County of Fresno, Case 

No. 1:14-cv-00142, (including the paralegal, clerical, and secretarial staff employed by such 

counsel), and to the “qualified person” designated below:

a) Fresno County Risk Management on behalf of the Fresno County Board 

of Supervisors;

b) experts, consultants, psychologists, psychiatrists, or other health care 

professionals retained by such counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this 

action;

c) court reporter(s) employed in this action;

d) a witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and

e) any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree.

 

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 Production of confidential materials in the Hall case is subject to the following 

limitations: (a) The four sealed Hall expert reports submitted are not included in the 

discovery materials at issue in this protective order (Hall, Doc. 123); (b) no documents 

produced by the Hall plaintiffs to the Hall defendants will be produced to any party in 

Hanna; and (c), the following confidential documents in Hall will not be produced to 

any party in Hanna – Murphy Medical Records (DEF009759 - 009876); Hall Medical 

Records (DEF010546 – 010874); Gonzalez Medical Records (DEF010875 – 011004); 

Merryman Medical Records (DEF011005 – 011158); Singh Medical Records 

(DEF011159 – 011544); Class members’ grievances re healthcare (DEF015330 –

018496). 

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2) Each “qualified person” to whom disclosure of the confidential material is made 

shall prior to the time of disclosure be provided by the person furnishing such materials a copy 

of this Order, and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of Attachment A, to be 

maintained by counsel.

3) Depositions shall be taken only in the presence of qualified persons.

 4) If any medical and psychiatric records, subject to this protective order, are 

included in any papers to be filed in Court, such papers shall be labeled “Confidential – Subject 

to Court Order” and filed under seal until further order of this Court.

5) In the event that any of the above-described confidential material is used in any 

court proceeding in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and the 

party using such shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use.

6) Nothing in this Order nor the production of any information or document under 

the terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be deemed to have the 

effect of an admission or waiver by any party or of altering the confidentiality or noncomfidentiality of any such document or information or altering any existing obligation of any party 

or the absence thereof.

7) Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties in Hanna shall assemble all 

protected records, all deposition transcripts, and all copies of same, and destroy these documents. 

Each party shall certify the destruction thereof.

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

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Dated: 2016 ROBERT NAVARRO

CAROLYN D. PHILLIPS

By: /s/Carolyn D. Phillips

Carolyn D. Phillips

Attorneys for Plaintiff

DOMINIC HANNA

Dated: 2016 STAMMER, McKNIGHT, BARNUM &

BAILEY, LLP

By: /s/ Carey Johnson

CAREY JOHNSON

Attorneys for Defendants COUNTY OF FRESNO, 

MARGARET MIMS, EDWARD MORENO, 

PRATAP NARAYEN, RICK HILL, MARILYNN 

WELDON, TRICIA NEKOLA, KAREN NUNEZ, 

and THAYIN VU

Dated: 2016 FRESNO COUNTY COUNSEL

By: /s/Daniel Cederborg

DANIEL CEDERBORG

Attorneys for Defendants in

Hall, et al., v. Count of Fresno, et al., 

USDC Case No. 1:11-cv-2047-cv-2047

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Dated: 2016 PRISON LAW OFFICE

By /s/Alison Hardy

ALISON HARDY, Sen. Staff Attorney

Attorneys for Plaintiffs in

Hall, et al., v. Count of Fresno, et al.,

USDC Case No. 1:11-cv-2047

ORDER

Pursuant to Rule 141.1 of the Local Rules of the United States District Court, Eastern 

District of California, the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order Regarding Discovery in Hall et al., 

v. County of Fresno, et al., U.S. District Court, Case No.1:11-cv-2047-LJO-BAM, is hereby 

approved.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 6, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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ATTACHMENT A

I, _____________________, have read the Protective Order in Hanna v. County of 

Fresno, Case No. 1:14-cv-00142-LJO-SKO). I understand and agree to be bound by and abide 

by its terms. I agree that all information provided to me in this matter is to be treated as 

confidential. I further consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of California for the purposes of any proceeding relating to the 

enforcement of this Order, including, without limitation, any proceeding for contempt. 

Date: _______________________

______________________________ 

Signature 

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Printed Name

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