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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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DaleTHERESA A. GOLDNER, COUNTY COUNSEL

By: ANDREW C. THOMSON, DEPUTY (SBN 149057)

Kern County Administrative Center

1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fourth Floor

Bakersfield, CA 93301

Telephone 661-868-3800

Fax 661-868-3805

Attorneys for Defendants County

of Kern, Perkins, Graves and Isaac

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTINE DONALDSON

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

KERN COUNTY, OFFICER DOE 

GRAVES, OFFICER DOE ROMERO, 

OFFICER DOE ISSAC, OFFICER DOE 

PERKINS, and DOES 1-10, inclusive,

 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:14-CV-00257-AWI-JLT

DISCOVERY MATTER

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

(DOC. 27)

COME NOW, the parties to this matter and agree and stipulate to a Protective Order, as 

follows:

1. WHEREAS Plaintiff has requested portions of the private personnel records of 

law enforcement members of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), and KCSO has been 

requested to produce the records in discovery;

2. WHEREAS the parties agree that discovery of the private personnel records of 

law enforcement members of the KCSO is relevant to this action;

3. WHEREAS Defendants are concerned that turning over the KCSO private 

personnel records without a protective order could result in the violation of the privacy rights of 

KCSO Deputies including but not limited to those who are parties to this litigation;

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4. WHEREAS the parties agree that a Stipulated Protective Order is necessary to 

balance Plaintiff’s need for relevant discovery, KCSO’s duty as steward of the records, and the 

privacy rights of the KCSO Deputies including but not limited to those who are parties to this 

litigation;

Subject to the approval of this Court, the parties hereby stipulate to the following 

protective order:

1. In connection with discovery proceedings in this action, the parties designate the 

KCSO’s personnel records regarding their Deputies, including but not limited to those who are 

parties to this litigation, as CONFIDENTIAL.

2. By designating the above matter as CONFIDENTIAL, the parties certify to the 

Court that there is a good faith basis both in law and in fact for the designation within the 

meaning of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

3. Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL under this Order, the information 

contained therein, and any summaries, copies, abstracts, or other documents derived in whole or 

in part from material designated as confidential shall be used only for the purpose of the 

prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action and for no other purpose.

4. CONFIDENTIAL material produced pursuant to this Order may be disclosed or 

made available only to the Court, to counsel for a party (including the paralegal, clerical, and 

secretarial staff employed by such counsel), and to the “qualified persons” designated below:

(a) a named party, to which only CONFIDENTIAL material specifically 

related to the named party shall be disclosed;

(b) experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such 

counsel to assist in the prosecution, defense or settlement of this action;

(c) court reporter(s) employed in this action;

(d) a witness at any deposition or other proceeding in this action; and

(e) any other person as to whom the parties in writing agree.

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Prior to receiving any CONFIDENTIAL material, each “qualified person” shall be 

provided with a copy of this Order and shall execute a nondisclosure agreement in the form of 

Attachment A, a copy of which shall be provided forthwith to counsel for each other party and 

for the parties.

5. For purposes of Defendants’ initial responses to Plaintiff’s production request, the 

parties agree that Defendants may exclude from the production the names, addresses, telephone 

numbers and other personal contact information of any non-party Deputy, provided that the 

identified Deputy is not a first person witness, report writer and/or an investigator of Plaintiff’s 

complaints.

6. In the event of a disputed factual issue as to section 5, and Plaintiff deems it 

necessary to discover the identities and personal contact information of non-party Deputy’s 

information excluded under section 5, Plaintiff’s counsel will notify Defendants’ counsels of 

their intent in writing to seek such personal information. If after five (5) days the parties are 

unable to reach agreement on production of the non-party Deputy’s information, then Plaintiff

may make an application to the Court for an order to resolve the dispute.

7. Nothing herein shall impose any restrictions on the use or disclosure by a party of 

material obtained by such party independent of discovery in this action, whether or not such 

material is also obtained through discovery in this action.

8. In the event that any CONFIDENTIAL material is used in any court proceeding 

in this action, it shall not lose its confidential status through such use, and the party using such 

shall take all reasonable steps to maintain its confidentiality during such use, including but not 

limited to filing such material under seal and labeling the material “CONFIDENTIAL – Subject 

to Court Order”. Any effort to file documents under seal SHALL be pursuant to Local Rule 141.

9. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of the parties (a) to bring before 

the Court at any time the question of whether any particular document or information is 

confidential or whether its use should be restricted or (b) to present a motion to the Court under 

FRCP 26(c) for a separate protective order as to any particular document or information,

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including restrictions differing from those as specified herein. This Order shall not be deemed to 

prejudice the parties in any way in any future application for modification of this Order.

10. This Order is entered solely for the purpose of facilitating the exchange of 

documents and information between the parties to this action without involving the Court 

unnecessarily in the process. Nothing in this Order nor the production of any information or 

document under the terms of this Order nor any proceedings pursuant to this Order shall be 

deemed to have the effect of an admission or waiver by either party or of altering the 

confidentiality or non-confidentiality of any such document or information or altering any 

existing obligation of any party or the absence thereof.

11. This Order shall survive the final termination of this action, to the extent that the 

information contained in Confidential Material is not or does not become known to the public, 

and the Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any dispute concerning the use of information 

disclosed hereunder; and,

12. Upon termination of this case, counsel for the parties shall assemble and return to 

each other all documents, material and deposition transcripts designated as confidential and all 

copies of same, or shall certify the destruction thereof.

DATED: November 10, 2014 Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman

By: /s/ Wilmer J. Harris________ _______________

 Wilmer J. Harris, Esq.

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Donaldson

DATED: November 6, 2014 Robinson & Kellar

By: /s/ Oliver U. Robinson_________________

 Oliver U. Robinson, Esq.

 Attorneys for Defendant Romero

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DATED: November 11, 2014 Theresa A. Goldner, County Counsel

By: /s/ Andrew C. Thomson___________________

 Andrew C. Thomson, Deputy

 Attorneys for Defendants County of 

 Kern, Perkins, Graves and Isaac

ORDER

Before the Court is the stipulated protective order. (Doc. 27) The protective order is 

ORDERED as modified by the Court in paragraph 8.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 12, 2014 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

#21U7102

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Attachment A

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ________________________________ do solemnly swear that I am fully 

familiar with the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in Donaldson v. 

County of Kern, et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California, Civil Action No. 1:14-CV-00257-AWI-JLT and hereby agree to comply 

with and be bound by the terms and conditions of said Order unless and until 

modified by further Order of this Court. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of said 

Court for purposes of enforcing this Order.

DATED: 

SIGNATURE

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