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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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MARK E. MERIN (State Bar No. 043849) 

PAUL H. MASUHARA (State Bar No. 289805) 

LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN

1010 F Street, Suite 300 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 443-6911 

Facsimile: (916) 447-8336 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs SUKHWINDER KAUR, PARMINDER SINGH SHERGILL, 

KULBINDER KAUR SOHOTA and SARABJIT SINGH SHERGILL 

BRUCE A. KILDAY (State Bar No. 066415) 

AMIE McTAVISH, ESQ. (State Bar No. 242372) 

ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF, LLP 

Attorneys at Law 

601 University Avenue, Suite 150 

Sacramento, CA 95825 

Telephone: (916) 564-6100 

Telecopier: (916) 564-6263 

Attorneys for Joint-Defendants CITY OF LODI; CITY OF LODI POLICE DEPARTMENT and 

CHIEF MARK HELMS 

MARK E. BERRY (State Bar No. 155091) 

DERICK E. KONZ (State Bar No. 286902) 

MAYALL HURLEY, P.C. 

A Professional Corporation 

2453 Grand Canal Boulevard, Second Floor 

Stockton, California 95207-8253 

Telephone: (209) 477-3833 

Facsimile: (209) 473-4818 

Attorneys for Joint-Defendants SCOTT BRATTON and ADAM LOCKIE. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SUKHWINDER KAUR, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

 

vs. 

CITY OF LODI, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-00828-GEB-AC 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

REGARDING PRODUCTION OF 

CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS 

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 Following meet and confer discussions, and pursuant to the Plaintiffs’ May 12, 2015 

correspondence, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED between all parties that the 

following documents contained within Defendant SCOTT BRATTON’s Manteca Police 

Department personnel file shall be governed by protective order: 

 Bates #66 (“Background Investigation: Psychological Assessment; Memo from 

Detective Rall to Chief Weatherford”); 

 Bates #67 (“Law Enforcement Psychological Services, Inc. - Psychological 

Assessment Report”); and 

 Bates #68 (“Manteca PD Memo from personnel to Chief Weatherford; re results of 

psych exam; schedule for physical exam”). 

It is understood that these documents contain private and personal information regarding 

SCOTT BRATTON’s pre-employment psychological testing by a licensed professional. 

The produced documents shall be used by the parties solely for the purpose of prosecuting 

and defending the above captioned case. The documents shall not be duplicated, reproduced, 

transmitted, or communicated to any person or entity for any reason whatsoever excepting 

Plaintiff’s counsel; Plaintiffs; declared experts pursuant to the Plaintiffs’ Rule 26 disclosure; 

deposition witnesses at the time of deposition; trial witnesses at the time of trial; mediator or 

third party neutral; or the court. 

 The copying of the documents is to be conducted in-house and shall not be done by 

outside third party vendors. 

 Even after the termination of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 

this Order shall remain in effect until SCOTT BRATTON agrees otherwise in writing or a court 

order otherwise directs. 

If any party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed documents 

protected pursuant to this protective order to any person or in any circumstance not authorized 

under this Stipulated Protective Order, that party must immediately (a) notify in writing SCOTT 

BRATTON of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all copies of the 

protected material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were 

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made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 

“Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

This Order shall constitute a protective order pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 

26(c) and shall be enforceable as set forth therein. Plaintiffs’ counsel shall advise the Plaintiffs, 

experts and others of this Protective Order and its effect. 

STIPULATED AND AGREED: 

DATED: May 26, 2015 LAW OFFICE OF MARK E. MERIN 

 /s/ MARK E. MERIN 

 (as authorized on May 26, 2015) 

 By:___________________________ 

 Mark E. Merin 

Paul H. Masuhara 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

DATED: May 28, 2015 MAYALL HURLEY, P.C. 

 /s/ MARK E. BERRY 

By:_________________________________ 

 Mark E. Berry 

 Derick E. Konz 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

 SCOTT BRATTON and 

ADAM LOCKIE 

 

DATED: May 28, 2015 ANGELO, KILDAY & KILDUFF 

 

 /s/ AMIE MCTAVISH 

 (as authorized on May 28, 2015) 

By:_________________________________ 

 Amie Mctavish 

Attorneys for Defendants, CITY OF 

LODI; CITY OF LODI POLICE 

DEPARTMENT and CHIEF MARK 

HELMS 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 4, 2015 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

 I, __________________________________________________[print or type full name] 

of ________________________________________________________________________ 

[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 

understood the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California on _____________________[date] in the case of KAUR, et al. 

v. CITY OF LODI, et al.. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this 

Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could 

expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will 

not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective 

Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. 

 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 

Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

 I hereby appoint ______________________________________[print or type full name] 

of ________________________________________________________________________ 

[print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in 

connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of the Stipulated Protective 

Order. 

Date: __________ City and State where sworn and signed: ____________________________ 

Printed name: _________________________________ 

Signature: ____________________________________ 

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