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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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Stipulated Protective Order re: Policies & Procedures

& Plaintiff’s Medical Records

James D. Weakley, Esq. Bar No. 082853

James J. Arendt, Esq. Bar No. 142937

THE LAW FIRM OF

WEAKLEY, RATLIFF,

ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

1630 East Shaw Avenue, Suite 176

Fresno, California 93710

Telephone: (559) 221-5256

Facsimile: (559) 221-5262

Attorneys for Defendant, COUNTY OF TULARE

Kathleen Bales-Lange, Esq. Bar No. 094765

Teresa Saucedo, Esq Bar No. 093121

Tulare County Counsel

2900 W. Burrel, County Civic Center

Visalia, California 93291

Telephone: (559) 733-6263

Facsimile: (559) 737-4319

(Co-Counsel for Def. Co. of Tulare)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BOBBIE GARCIA, on behalf of JOSEPH LUIS

GARCIA,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

COUNTY OF TULARE and DOES 1 through

50, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:07-cv-01593 OWW DLB

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

RE: COUNTY OF TULARE 

POLICIES & PROCEDURES AND 

TRAINING MATERIAL

WHEREAS, the parties believe, in good faith, that the following documents subject to

discovery requests, contain information that is: (a) confidential, sensitive, or potentially invasive

of an individual’s privacy interests; (b) not generally known; and (c) not normally revealed to the

public or third parties or, if disclosed to third parties, would require such third parties to maintain

the information in confidence: Tulare County Sheriff’s Department Policies and Procedures and

trainingmaterial; and plaintiff’s confidential materials, including but not limited to medical records

and identification documents.

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

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counsel of record, that documents may be designated as “Confidential” by the parties and produced

subject to the following Protective Order:

1. The disclosed documents shall be used solely in connection with the civil case of

Bobbie Garcia, on Behalf of Joseph Luis Garcia Vs. County of Tulare, et al., Case No. 07-cv-01593

OWW DLB (E.D. Cal.) and in the preparation and trial of the case, or any related proceeding. The

parties are not waiving any objections to the admissibility of the documents or portions of the

documents in future proceedings, including the trials of the matters. 

2. A party producing confidential documents and materials may designate those

materials by affixing a mark labeling them as Confidential as set forth in paragraph 9. If any

Confidential materials cannot be labeled with the aforementioned marking, those materials shall

be placed in a sealed envelope or other container that is in turn marked Confidential as set forth in

paragraph 6. 

3. Documents or materials designated under this Protective Order as “Confidential”

may only be disclosed to the following persons: 

a) Counsel for the parties;

b) Paralegals and/or legal assistants regularly employed by counsel for the parties, and

stenographic deposition reporters or videographers retained in connection with this action.

c) Clerical and secretarial personnel regularly employed by counsel for the parties;

d) Court personnel including stenographic reporters or videographers engaged in

proceedings as are necessarily incidental to the preparation for the trial of the civil action; 

e) Any expert, consultant or investigator retained in connection with this action; 

f) The finder of fact at the time of trial, subject to the court’s rulings on in limine

motions and objections of counsel; 

g) Any employee of COUNTY OF TULARE, described in paragraph 5 below; and

h) Outside litigation support services retained by counsel, to the extent necessary to

assist such counsel in this litigation, limited to copy services and scanning services.

4. Prior to the disclosure of any Confidential information to any person identified in

paragraph 3, sections (e), (f), (g), and (h) each such recipient of Confidential information shall be

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provided with a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order, which he or she shall read. Upon

reading this Stipulated Protective Order, such person shall acknowledge in writing or on the record

that he or she has read this Stipulated Protective Order and shall abide by its terms. Such person

must also consent to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court, Eastern

District of California, with respect to any proceeding related to enforcement of this Protective

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

Order, insofar as they restrict disclosure and use of the material, shall be in effect until further order

of this Court. Receiving counsel shall be responsible for internally tracking the identities of those

individuals to whom copies of documents marked Confidential are given. The producing party may

not request the identities of said individuals, however, until the final termination of the litigation

or if it is able to demonstrate a good faith basis that the receiving party, or an agent thereof, has

breached the Stipulated Protective Order. 

5. Nothing herein shall limit a party’s ability to use Confidential information to

examine or cross-examine witnesses who are current or former officers or employees who took part

in or have knowledge relating ofthe creation and/orimplementation ofthe confidential documents,

including any witness designated under FRCP 30(b)(6) by THE COUNTY OF TULARE.

6. All documents or materials designated as Confidential pursuant to this Protective

Order, and all papers or documents containing information or materials designated as Confidential,

that are filed with the Court for any purpose shall be filed and served under seal, with the following

statement affixed to the document or other information:

“This envelope is sealed pursuant to Order of the Court It is not to

be opened or the contents thereof to be displayed or revealed except

by order of the Court.”

7. The designation of information as Confidential, and the subsequent production

thereof, is without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose the admissibility of the designated

information.

8. A party may apply to the Court for an order that information or materials labeled

Confidential are not, in fact, confidential. Prior to so applying, the party seeking to reclassify

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Confidential information shall meet and confer with the producing party. Until the matter is

resolved by the parties or the Court, the information in question shall continue to be treated

according to its designation under the terms of this Order. The producing party shall have the

burden of establishing the propriety of the Confidential designation. A party shall not be obligated

to challenge the propriety of a confidentiality designation at the time made, and a failure to do so

shall not preclude a subsequent challenge thereto. 

9. Copies of Confidential Documents

The following procedures shall be utilized by the parties in production of documents and

materials designated Confidential:

a) The receiving party’s counsel shall not furnish, disclose, or otherwise divulge

any information contained in the confidential documents to any individual other than those

specifically authorized herein without further order of the Court or authorization from counsel for

the producing party.

b) Defendant shall produce documents and materials designated Confidential

to plaintiff with a red marking on each page labeled: 

“CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

Bobbie Garcia, on Behalf of Joseph Luis Garcia v. County of Tulare, et al., 

USDC, Eastern District, Case No. 07-cv-01593 OWW DLB”

MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP, attorneys for Plaintiff” 

c) Plaintiff shall produce documents and materials designated Confidential to

defendant with a marking on each page labeled:

“CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

Garcia v. County of Tulare, 07-cv-01593 OWW DLB, WRAM law firm”

d) If any document or information designated as Confidential pursuant to this

Protective Order is used or disclosed during the course of a deposition, that portion of the

deposition record reflecting such material shall be stamped with the appropriate designation and

access shall be limited pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order. The Court reporter for the

deposition shall mark the deposition transcript cover page and all appropriate pages or exhibits, and

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each copy thereof, in accordance with paragraph 9(b) or 9(c) of this Protective Order. Only

individuals who are authorized by this Protective Order to see or receive such material may be

present during the discussion or disclosure of such material.

10. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3, confidential information produced

pursuant to this Protective Order may not be delivered, exhibited or otherwise disclosed to any

reporter, writer or employee of any trade publication, newspaper, magazine or other media

organization.

11. Should any information designated as confidential be disclosed, through

inadvertence or otherwise, to any person or entity not authorized to receive it under this Protective

Order, the disclosing person(s) shall promptly (a) inform counsel for the producing party of the

recipient(s) and the circumstances of the unauthorized disclosure; and (b) use reasonable efforts to

bind the recipient(s) to the terms of this Protective Order. No information shall lose its Confidential

status because it was disclosed to a person not authorized to receive it under this Protective Order.

12. After the conclusion of this litigation, all documents and materials, in whatever form

stored or reproduced, containing Confidential information will remain Confidential, and if filed

with the Court, shall remain under seal. No later than 30 days following settlement or of receiving

notice of the entry of an order, judgment, or decree terminating this action, all persons having

received the Confidential documents shall destroy said documents. Within 30 days of destruction

of the Confidential documents, counsel for the receiving party shall provide counsel for the

producing party with a declaration setting forth the number of copies that were made during the

litigation, the number of copies destroyed at the end of litigation, the manner in which the

documents were destroyed, and the date of destruction. This declaration shall be signed under

penalty of perjury by counsel for the receiving party. The conclusion of this litigation means a

termination of the case following trial or settlement.

13. If any party appeals a jury verdict or order terminating the case, counsel for the

receiving party shall retain possession of all Confidential documents pending final outcome of the

appeal after which they shall be destroyed by the receiving party’s counsel, pursuant to the terms

set out in paragraph 12.

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14. This Stipulated Protective Order shall remain in full force and effect and shall

continue to be binding on all parties and affected persons after this litigation terminates, subject to

any subsequent modifications of this Stipulated Protective Order for good cause shown by this

Court or any Court having jurisdiction over an appeal of this action. After this action terminates,

any party may seek to modify or dissolve this Stipulated Protective Order by Court order for good

cause shown or by the parties’ stipulation.

15. The Court shall retain jurisdiction, even after this lawsuit terminates, (a) to make

such amendments, modifications and additions to this Protective Order as it may from time to

time deem appropriate upon good cause shown and (b) to adjudicate any dispute respecting

improper use or disclosure of confidential material.

DATED: April 29, 2008

WEAKLEY, RATLIFF, ARENDT & McGUIRE, LLP

By: /s/ James D. Weakley 

James D. Weakley, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendant

DATED: April 29, 2008 KATHLEEN BALES-LANGE, ESQ.

Tulare County Counsel

By: /s/ Teresa Saucedo 

Teresa Saucedo, Esq

Attorneys for Defendant

DATED: April 29, 2008 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ J. Ryan Gilfoil 

J. Ryan Gilfoil, Esq.

Arturo Gonzalez, Esq.

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Paragraph 6 above not withstanding, documents shall be filed under seal only after the filing 

 party has sought and obtained leave of Court to do so pursuant to Local Rule 39-141.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 30, 2008 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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