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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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Michael G. Marderosian, No. 77296

Heather S. Cohen, No. 263093

MARDEROSIAN, CERCONE & COHEN

1260 Fulton Mall

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 441-7991

Facsimile: (559) 441-8170

Virginia Gennaro, No. 138877

City Attorney

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD

1501 Truxtun Avenue

Bakersfield, CA 93301

Telephone: (661) 326-3721

Facsimile: (661) 852-2020

Attorneys for: Defendants CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, GREG WILLIAMSON,

SEAN WOESSNER, and ISAAC ALEMAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

R.D.G., et al.

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al.

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:13-CV-02057 JLT

CONFIDENTIALITY STIPULATION 

AND ORDER THEREON

(Doc. 29)

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

respective counsel of record, that the following provisions and conditions shall govern the 

parties:

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1. Definitions:

The following definitions shall govern the construction of this stipulation 

unless the context otherwise requires.

(a) CONFIDENTIAL Information. “CONFIDENTIAL Information” 

means any and all Information regardless of format or medium, including personal, 

proprietary, and financial information, state and federal tax records, third party 

addresses, third party social security numbers, third party driver’s license numbers 

and other information that is confidential or otherwise sensitive, and other 

Information which a party has a right to protect from unrestricted disclosure. In the 

context of the present case it also includes the information protected by California 

Penal Code Section 832.7 and California Evidence Code Sections 1043 to 1047.

(b) Disclosing Party: “Disclosing Party” means the party who discloses 

CONFIDENTIAL Information.

(c) Information. “Information” means discovery obtained through the use of 

interrogatories, requests for admission, requests for production of documents and 

things, depositions, subpoenas or other Information obtained during discovery.

(d) Notice. “Notice” means reasonable notice under the circumstances. The 

manner and amount of Notice shall be governed by the particular circumstances. 

(e) Person. “Person” means person as defined in California Evidence Code 

§ 175.

(f) Trade secret. Trade secret” means trade secret as defined by California 

Civil Code § 3426.1(d)(1).

2. Scope and Intent.

(a) Until further order of the Court or stipulation of the parties, all 

Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” by the Disclosing Party, to the extent 

such Information discloses CONFIDENTIAL Information, shall be subject to this 

stipulation. However, nothing in this stipulation shall prevent any party from seeking 

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a modification of this stipulation or objecting to the designation of Information as 

CONFIDENTIAL Information which the party believes to be otherwise improper.

(b) The purpose and intent of this stipulation is to protect CONFIDENTIAL 

Information. Nothing in this stipulation shall be construed to change existing law or 

shift existing burdens. 

(c) The parties recognize and acknowledge that some CONFIDENTIAL 

Information which may be sought is so sensitive that a party may refuse to disclose 

the Information even under the protection of this stipulation. In such event, this 

stipulation shall not be deemed consent or an admission that such Information is 

discoverable and a party may resist disclosure until the matter has been heard by the 

Court.

(d) This stipulation is the product of negotiations and, for purposes of 

construction and interpretation, shall not be deemed to have been drafted by one 

party.

(e) This stipulation shall be submitted for the signature of the Magistrate 

Judge assigned to this case in an ex parte manner without need of a formally noticed 

motion.

3. Designation of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.

Any Disclosing Party may designate Information, or any portion of such 

Information, as CONFIDENTIAL Information by placing the word 

“CONFIDENTIAL” on the Information. By designating Information as 

CONFIDENTIAL, the Disclosing Party warrants that the designation is made in good 

faith and on reasonable belief that the Information so designated is CONFIDENTIAL 

Information as defined above.

4. Oral Deposition Testimony.

A party may designate as CONFIDENTIAL Information, Information 

disclosed during oral deposition by stating so on the record or in writing within 30 

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days from receipt of the transcript. Where documents that have been designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL are entered into the record of a deposition or where 

CONFIDENTIAL Information is disclosed during deposition, such portion of the 

deposition containing CONFIDENTIAL Information shall be separately bound and 

marked “CONFIDENTIAL – UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER” in a conspicuous 

place and shall be subject to the provisions of this stipulation.

5. Objection to Designation.

A party may at any time object to the designation of Information as 

CONFIDENTIAL and move the Court for an order declaring that such Information 

not be designated CONFIDENTIAL. No motion relating to the designation of 

Information as CONFIDENTIAL shall be filed without first completing the following 

steps. First, the moving party SHALL confer with the opposing party in a good faith 

effort to resolve the dispute. Second, if the good faith effort is unsuccessful, the 

moving party promptly shall seek a telephonic hearing with all involved parties and 

the Magistrate Judge. It shall be the obligation of the moving party to arrange and 

originate the conference call to the court. Counsel must comply with Local Rule 251 

or the motion will be denied with prejudice and dropped from calendar.

6. Information Which Is Not Confidential.

Notwithstanding the designation of Information as CONFIDENTIAL, such 

Information shall not be CONFIDENTIAL Information, nor shall disclosure be 

limited in accordance with this stipulation where such Information is:

(a) At the time of disclosure, in the public domain by publication otherwise;

(b) Subsequent to disclosure, through no act or failure to act on the part of 

the receiving party, entered the public domain by publication or otherwise;

(c) Provided to a party by a third party who obtained the Information by 

legal means and without any obligation of confidence to the Disclosing Party; or

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(d) Developed by employees or agents of the receiving party independently 

of and without reference to any Information communicated by the Disclosing Party.

7. CONFIDENTIAL Information Obtained from Third Parties.

If CONFIDENTIAL Information is obtained from a third party, the third party 

may adopt the benefits and burdens of this stipulation. Likewise, any party may 

designate material or Information obtained from a third party as CONFIDENTIAL.

8. Inadvertent Disclosure.

A party does not waive its right to designate as CONFIDENTIAL Information 

which is inadvertently disclosed without the appropriate designation. However, the 

receiving party shall not be liable for disclosing such Information prior to receiving 

notice of the CONFIDENTIAL status of the Information.

9. Documents Filed With The Court.

If a party wishes to file documents with the Court which contain material 

designated CONFIDENTIAL, that party SHALL comply with Local Rules 140 and 

141.

10. Dissemination to Third Parties.

(a) CONFIDENTIAL Information shall be disclosed only to the parties to 

this stipulation, their experts, consultants, and counsel. Before any person receives 

access to CONFIDENTIAL Information, each shall execute a form reciting that he, 

she or it has read a copy of this stipulation and agrees to be bound by its terms.

(b) If any person who has obtained CONFIDENTIAL Information under the 

terms of this stipulation receives a subpoena commanding the production of 

CONFIDENTIAL Information, such person shall promptly notify the Disclosing 

Party of the service of the subpoena. The person receiving the subpoena shall not 

produce any CONFIDENTIAL Information in response to the subpoena without 

either the prior written consent of the Disclosing Party or order of the Court.

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11. Use of CONFIDENTIAL Information During Trial.

If, a party intends to introduce into evidence any CONFIDENTIAL 

Information at trial, that party SHALL notify the Court in the joint pretrial conference 

statement of this intention and SHALL seek an order related to the introduction of 

this evidence at trial. The moving party SHALL comply with the Court’s pretrial 

order regarding whether this order will be sought in limine or otherwise.

12. Duty to Use Reasonable Care.

All persons bound by this stipulation shall have the duty to use reasonable care 

and precaution to prevent violations thereof.

13. Enforcement.

(a) Prior to bringing any motion or application before the Court for 

enforcement of this stipulation, the parties shall, comply with the procedures set forth 

in paragraph 5.

(b) In the event anyone shall violate, attempt to violate or threaten to violate 

any of the terms of this stipulation, after compliance with the procedures in paragraph 

5, the aggrieved party may apply to the Court to obtain compliance with this 

stipulation or to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. Each party agrees that, in 

response to an application for injunctive relief, it will not assert the defense that the 

aggrieved party possesses an adequate remedy at law.

(c) The Court may make any order against a party to this stipulation it 

deems appropriate to compel compliance in addition to any injunctive relief available 

to the parties.

(d) If CONFIDENTIAL Information is disclosed to any person other than as 

allowed by this stipulation, the person responsible for the disclosure must 

immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of 

counsel for the aggrieved party and without prejudice to the other rights and remedies 

of any party, make every effort to prevent further disclosure. Fines and/or sanctions 

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for inadvertent or intentional disclosure shall be decided by the Court after briefing 

and argument by all parties concerned.

14. Return/Destruction of Documents.

Within 60 days after final termination of this action, including all appeals, each 

party shall be responsible for returning to the Disclosing Party all original and/or 

copies of all CONFIDENTIAL Information produced during the course of this action 

and subject to this order, including all excerpts thereof, except that counsel may retain 

all memoranda, and correspondence derived from such CONFIDENTIAL 

Information and any such CONFIDENTIAL Information necessary for purposes of 

maintaining a legal file but after the end of such years, all such retained 

CONFIDENTIAL Information shall be returned to the Disclosing Party.

15. Modification And Amendments.

Except as to those modifications made by the Court, this stipulation may be 

modified or amended without leave of Court by unanimous written agreement of the 

parties hereto.

16. Duration of Stipulation.

Provided the court makes this stipulation an order of the Court, this stipulation 

shall survive and remain in full force and effect after the termination of this lawsuit, 

whether by final judgment after exhaustion of all appeals or by dismissal, and the 

Court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties and their attorneys for the purpose of 

enforcing the terms of this stipulation.

Dated: June 25, 2014 MARDEROSIAN, CERCONE & COHEN

/s/ Michael G. Marderosian

By:_________________________________

Michael G. Marderosian

Attorneys for Defendants 

above-named.

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Dated: June 25, 2014 McMURRAY HENRIKS LLP

/s/ Yana G. Henriks

By:________________________________ 

Yana G. Henriks,

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

ORDER

Based upon the stipulation of the parties, the Court ORDERS:

1. The stipulated protective order set forth above is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 27, 2014 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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