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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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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP

COLIN WEST(SBN 184095)

MARGARET A. MCLETCHIE (SBN 223240)

RACHEL L. CHANIN (SBN 229253)

SUSAN WELCH (SBN 232620)

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111-4067

Telephone: (415) 393-2000

Facsimile: (415) 393-2286

Attorneys for Plaintiff KELLI THOMAS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

KELLI THOMAS,

Plaintiff,

vs.

RODERICK HICKMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:06-CV-00215-AWI-SMS

STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE

ORDER

Complaint Filed: February 24, 2006

ALL PARTIES HEREBY RECOGNIZE AND AGREE that the following

procedures shall govern the use and/or disclosure of confidential medical records:

1. Any and all hospital and medical records that have been produced or

obtained or disclosed, or will be produced or obtained or disclosed, in connection with the

above-entitled litigation shall be designated “Confidential” prior to disclosure and shall be

subject to this Protective Order (referred to hereafter as “Confidential Records”). The

protections conferred by this Protective Order encompass any information copied or extracted

from Confidential Records, as well as all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof,

including testimony, conversations, or presentations by parties or counsel in any setting,

including depositions, that might reveal information contained in any Confidential Records.

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2. Before any party produces Confidential Records pursuant to a valid

discovery request or subpoena, the responding party shall conditionally produce for inspection

(“Conditional Production”) a copy of the proposed production to all attorneys in this action for a

conditional inspection. If any party contends that redaction is necessary or a portion of the

Conditional Production should not be produced, that party must notify all other parties within

fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Conditional Production. If there is no such notification,

production of all records may proceed. For Confidential Records produced prior to the entry of

this Protective Order, any party has fifteen (15) days from the Court’s entry of this Protective

Order to provide such notification. In the event of such notification, Counsel shall meet and

confer in good faith to resolve any disputes regarding the appropriateness of production or

redactions of particularly sensitive and/or unrelated medical conditions, diagnosis, or treatments.

If the parties cannot agree on the appropriateness for production or redaction of any particular

document or portion thereof, the party whose right to privacy is asserted may file a Motion For a

Supplemental Protective Order barring production of the disputed Confidential Records. Such a

motion shall be filed within five (5) court days of the meet and confer session related to the

Conditional Production and disputed Confidential Records shall not be produced until the Court

has decided the motion, but Confidential Records not in dispute may be produced. If no such

motion is filed within five (5) court days of the meet and confer session related to the

Conditional Production, any disputed Confidential Records may be produced pursuant to the

terms of this Protective Order.

3. Without waiving any objections regarding the admissibility of

Confidential Records at trial or otherwise in this litigation, Confidential Records shall be treated

as confidential and shall not be used by any party for any purpose other than the prosecution or

defense of this litigation, including discovery and pre-trial matters, trial, and any appeal taken

herein. Confidential Records shall not be used by any party for any other purposes unless agreed

to in writing by all parties to this Protective Order, except as required by a valid discovery

request or as required by a lawful subpoena or as authorized by further order of the Court.

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4. If any party receives a subpoena or order issued in conjunction with other

litigation that would compel disclosure of any Confidential Records, the subpoenaed party must

notify all other parties in writing immediately. Such notice may be made by written notice to

each party’s attorney of record herein and shall provide each party an opportunity to object to the

disclosure. It is the obligation of the party receiving such notice to take action to protect his or

her confidentiality interests. 

5. Confidential Records may be disclosed for purposes of this litigation to

the parties, insurers, attorneys, experts and consultants, and their employees and agents,

deponents during deposition, deposition notaries and staff, the Court and Court staff, and such

other persons as may be designated by written stipulation or further order of the Court.

6. Before the parties or their attorneys disclose Confidential Records to any

person(s) identified in Paragraph 5 above (excluding the parties to this case and their attorneys

and staff, the Court, and the Court’s staff), they must: (i) inform the person receiving such

Confidential Records of its confidential nature and his or her duty to maintain that

confidentiality; (ii) obtain his or her oral agreement to abide by the terms of this Protective

Order; and (iii) inform him or her that disclosure of records or information in violation of the

Protective Order is punishable by the Court.

7. All Confidential Records of any party or third party filed with the Court

for any purpose, other than at trial, shall be filed under seal according to the provisions of Local

Rule 39-141(c).

8. With the exception of Plaintiff’s medical condition placed at issue in this

litigation, any reference to, description and/or summary of the information contained in

Confidential Records made in pleadings or other documents filed with the Court, except for use

at trial, shall be made in general terms and shall not specifically identify or specifically discuss

in any way past or present medical conditions, treatment, history or diagnosis.

9. Any Confidential Records may be used by any party at the trial of this

action, or in connection with any motion, pleading or hearing in this action, subject to the rules

of evidence and the requirements of this Order, or such other Order as the Court may enter. No

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document introduced into evidence at the trial of this matter shall bear the designation

“Confidential” unless so stipulated by the parties or ordered by the Court.

10. Within ninety (90) days after the final disposition of this action, all copies

of Confidential Records shall be destroyed by the party in possession; provided, however, that

health care provider parties shall continuously retain possession of his/her/its original documents,

and that counsel shall be entitled to preserve a litigation file in this matter, including Confidential

Records. Any Confidential Records so retained remain subject to the terms of this Protective

Order, except that counsel shall be entitled to use such Confidential Records in response to or

defense of any administrative inquiry or proceeding arising from the above-entitled litigation.

DATED: August 30, 2006

BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP

By:__________/s/ Dakota S. Whitney 

Dakota S. Whitney

Attorney for Plaintiff

Kelli Thomas

DATED: August 30, 2006

BILL LOCKYER

Attorney General of the State of California

By: /s/ Helene D. Swanson as authorized on 8/30/06

THOMAS D. MCCRACKIN

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

HELENE D. SWANSON

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants

Roderick Hickman, Jeanne Woodford, Richard

Rimmer, Roseanne Campbell, Peter Szekrenyi,

Deborah Jacquez, Gwendolyn Mitchell, Sampath

Suryadevara, M.D., Shelly Kruse, M.D., Loraine

Goodwin, M.D.

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STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE ORDER

DATED: August 30, 2006

MCCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD,

WAYTE & CARRUTH

By: /s/ Daniel Wainwright as authorized on 8/30/06

MARIO L. BELTRAMO, JR.

DANIEL WAINWRIGHT

Attorneys for Defendant

Madera Community Hospital

DATED: August 30, 2006

BAKER, MANOCK & JENSEN

By: /s/ Sherrie M. Flynn as authorized on 8/30/06

WILLIAM M. WHITE

SHERRIE M. FLYNN

Attorneys for Defendant

Charles Ugwu-Oju, M.D.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 1, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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