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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE GALINDO, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF SAN MATEO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-03651-EMC 

ORDER RE JOINT DISCOVERY 

LETTER BRIEF, DATED JANUARY 30, 

2017; AND ORDER REFERRING 

DISCOVERY

Docket No. 47

The parties have submitted a joint letter regarding a discovery dispute – more specifically, 

a dispute over what terms should be included in the protective order to be entered in this case. 

Having considered the joint letter and attachments thereto, the Court hereby rules as follows.

1. Disputed language in §§ 4, 7.1, and 13. The Court orders that the language of the 

model protective order be used. 

2. Disputed language in § 1. Although the parties have a limited dispute with respect 

to § 1, the Court finds that the agreed-upon language in § 1 – which is a modification to the 

language used in the model protective order – inappropriate. The Court orders that the language 

of the model protective order be used.

3. Disputed language in § 5.1. The Court orders that the language of the model

protective order be used. 

4. Disputed language in § 12.3. The Court orders that the language of the model 

protective order be used. 

The parties are hereby ordered to jointly file a revised proposed protective order, consistent 

with the rulings in this order, for the Court to sign. The joint filing shall be made within a day of 

the date of this order.

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United States District Court

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In addition, the Court hereby orders that all discovery matters are hereinafter referred to a 

magistrate judge for resolution. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 1, 2017

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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