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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN PORTER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS P. 

CAMACHO, et al., 

Defendants. 

2:22-cv-01123 DCJ KJN P 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Discovery in this action is likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary or 

private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any 

purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby 

stipulate to and petition the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties 

acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 

discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the 

limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal 

principles. 

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B. GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT

This action is likely to involve materials which concerns or relates to the processes, 

operations or work of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and its 

employees and agents (collectively “CDCR”), the disclosure of which may have the effect of 

causing harm or endangering the safety of CDCR staff, inmates, or third persons. Additionally, 

Plaintiff is currently in CDCR custody, and providing him access to certain sensitive information 

creates safety and security concerns. Such confidential materials and information consist of, 

among other things, information about confidential informants, prison procedures for 

investigating staff accused of misconduct, prison procedures for investigating inmates accused of 

misconduct, and other information that is only available to staff on a need-to-know basis, not 

provided to inmates, and which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under 

state or federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite the 

flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of 

discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, 

to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation 

for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the 

ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of 

the parties that information will not be designated as Confidential or Attorneys’ Eyes Only for 

tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been 

maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not be 

part of the public record of this case. 

C. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PROCEDURE FOR FILING UNDER SEAL

The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated 

Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule 141 

sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party 

seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. 

There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings 

and records in civil cases. In connection with non-dispositive motions, good cause must be 

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shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 

1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006); Phillips v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 

2002); Makar-Welbon v. Sony Electrics, Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even 

stipulated protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or 

compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with 

respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation 

of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of 

competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal 

qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. 

Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then compelling 

reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief sought shall be 

narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See Pintos v. Pacific Creditors 

Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677-79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or 

thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in connection with a dispositive motion or trial, 

the party seeking protection must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and 

legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the 

application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration. 

Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its entirety 

will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If documents can be 

redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or 

otherwise protectable portions of the document shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file 

documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not 

feasible.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Action: this pending federal lawsuit. 

2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order. 

2.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 

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generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement. 

2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support 

staff).

2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that 

it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things) that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter. 

2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this Action. 

2.8 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 

2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action. 

2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this 

Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have appeared in this 

Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm that has appeared on behalf of that 

party, and includes support staff. 

2.11 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 

2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this Action.

2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 

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subcontractors. 

2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.” 

2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party. 

2.16 CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY: information (regardless of how 

it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c), and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement. 

Additionally, the information concerns CDCR’s internal affairs, investigatory tactics, and third 

parties which is not provided to inmates for safety and security reasons. Thus, information 

designated Attorneys’ Eyes Only, shall only be disclosed as delineated in paragraph 7.3. 

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 

(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 

all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. 

This Order does not govern the use of Protected Material at trial.

4. DURATION

Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as CONFIDENTIAL or 

maintained pursuant to this protective order used or introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes 

public and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, 

unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to 

the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180-81 (distinguishing “good 

cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard 

when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, the terms of this 

protective order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial. 

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5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party 

or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care 

to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 

The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, 

items or oral or written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, 

documents, items or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept 

unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

Mass, indiscriminate or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are 

shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 

unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and 

burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 

for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other 

Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 

(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 

designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” (hereinafter “CONFIDENTIAL 

legend”), or “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” (hereinafter “ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES only legend), to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion of the 

material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the 

protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). 

 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspection need not 

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designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which documents it 

would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the 

material made available for inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and 

produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for 

protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing 

Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL legend” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY legend” to 

each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion of the material on a page qualifies 

for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by 

making appropriate markings in the margins). 

(b) for testimony given in depositions that the Designating Party identifies the 

Disclosure or Discovery Material on the record, before the close of the deposition all protected 

testimony. 

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other 

tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container 

or containers in which the information is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information warrants 

protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 

right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 

designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 

treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the Court’s Scheduling Order. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 

process under Local Rule 251. 

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6.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 

Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass 

or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party 

to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality 

designation, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to 

which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the Court rules on the challenge. 

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed 

or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action only for 

prosecuting, defending or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be 

disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. 

When the Action has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of 

section 13 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 

in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 

disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this Action; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving 

Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement 

to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters and their staff; 

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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors to 

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; 

(h) during their depositions, witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the Action to 

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary provided: (1) the deposing party requests that the 

witness sign the form attached as Exhibit A hereto; and (2) they will not be permitted to keep any 

confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of 

transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be 

separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted 

under this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(i) any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually agreed 

upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. 

7.3 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’-EYES ONLY” Information or 

Items. Attorneys’ Eyes Only Material, and the information contained therein, shall be disclosed 

to the qualified persons listed in subparagraphs 7.2(a) through (i) above, but shall not be disclosed 

to a party, including Plaintiff who is currently incarcerated, or any other inmate or third person, 

unless previously agreed or ordered. If disclosure of Attorneys’ Eyes Only Material is made 

pursuant to this paragraph, all other provisions in this Order with respect to confidentiality shall 

apply, including but not limited to, signing and serving a non-disclosure agreement in the form of 

Exhibit A. 

8. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER 

LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: 

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a 

copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in 

the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to 

this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; 

and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from 

which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 

permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in 

that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from 

another court. 

9. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS 

LITIGATION

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in 

this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such 

information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 

remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement 

with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some 

or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;

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(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order 

in this Action, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the 

information requested; and 

(3) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party, if 

requested. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14 days of 

receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the NonParty’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 

seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession 

or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 

10. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 

Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the 

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

Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were 

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

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

11. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 

MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 

produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 

Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 

provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery 

order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a 

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communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product 

protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order 

submitted to the court. 

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to 

seek its modification by the Court in the future. 

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 

Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 

information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, 

no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material 

covered by this Protective Order. 

12.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 

Material must comply with Local Rule 141. Protected Material may only be filed under seal 

pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a 

Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal is denied by the court, then the Receiving 

Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

13. FINAL DISPOSITION

After the final disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 days of a 

written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material 

to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected 

Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format 

reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is 

returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing 

Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that 

(1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or 

destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 

Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all 

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pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, 

correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and 

consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such 

archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective 

Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

14. VIOLATION

Any violation of this Order may be punished by appropriate measures including, without 

limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: April 19, 2023 Respectfully submitted,

ROB BONTA

Attorney General of California 

KYLE A. LEWIS

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

/s/ Ryan Zalesny

RYAN J. ZALESNY

Deputy Attorney General 

Attorneys for Defendants F. Navarro, G. 

Marquez, P. Camacho, and C. Nash 

Dated: April 18, 2023 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Ben Rudin

(as authorized on April 18, 2023) 

BEN M. RUDIN

Attorney & Counselor at Law 

Attorney for Plaintiff

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Stipulated Protective Order (2:22-cv-01123 DCJ KJN P)

 FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 25, 2023

/port1123.p.o.

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Stipulated Protective Order (2:22-cv-01123 DCJ KJN P)

EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT 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 understand 

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 Kevin Porter v. Correctional Officers P. Camacho, 

et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-01123 DCJ KJN P, 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 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 this Stipulated Protective Order.

Date: ______________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: _______________________________ 

Signature: __________________________________ 

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